Biological Rhythms

by Vinod Kumar

Book Overview

(Chapters 11 to 14) summarise important features of the biological clock at the level of whole animal covering all vertebrate classes (fish to mammal). Chapters 15 and 16 are on long term (seasonal) rhythms in plants and higher vertebrates. Short term rhythms (ultradian rhythms), the significance of having a clock system in animals living in extreme (arctic) environments, and the diversity of circadian responses to melatonin, the key endocrine element...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540428534
• ISBN13: 9783540428534
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 9.7"