An introduction to the history of chronobiology. Volume 3, Metaphors, models, and mechanisms. / Jole Shackelford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shackelford, Jole, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chronobiology--History.

Chronobiology.

Biological rhythms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]

Summary:

The First Systematic Academic History of the Study of Biological Rhythms.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

General Introduction

Introduction to Volume III

1. Endocrine Control Mechanisms and Modeling Rhythmic Behaviors

2. Temperature Independence and the Endogenous Clock Hypothesis

3. Physicochemical and Electronic Models for Biological Rhythms

4. The Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology: Biological Clocks and the Endogenous Rhythm Controversy

5. Bioluminescence as a Rhythmic Phenomenon and Research Tool

6. Modeling Clock Mechanisms and Clocked Systems

7. Critical Pathways and Clockworks

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Shackelford, Jole An Introduction to the History of Chronobiology, Volume 3

ISBN:

9780822989059

OCLC:

1370123518