Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

The circadian clock drives periodic oscillations at different levels of an organism from genes
to behavior. This timing system is highly conserved across species from insects to mammals …

To adapt to and anticipate rhythmic changes in the environment such as daily light–dark and
temperature cycles, internal timekeeping mechanisms called biological clocks evolved in a …

Nearly all mammalian tissues have functional, autonomous circadian clocks, which free-run
with non-24 h periods and must be synchronized (entrained) to the 24 h day. This …

Cryptochromes (CRYs) are flavoproteins that are sensitive to blue light, first identified in
Arabidopsis and then in Drosophila and mice. They are evolutionarily conserved and play …

The circadian clock is a molecular pacemaker that produces 24-hr physiological cycles
known as circadian rhythms. How the clock regulates stem cells is an emerging area of …

CRYPTOCHROMES (CRYs) are structurally related to ultraviolet (UV)/blue-sensitive DNA
repair enzymes called photolyases but lack the ability to repair pyrimidine dimers generated …

Circadian clocks are cell-autonomous, molecular pacemakers regulating a wide variety of
behavioural and physiological processes in accordance with the 24​ h light/dark cycle. The …

Proper timing of rhythmic locomotor behavior is the consequence of integrating
environmental conditions and internal time dictated by the circadian clock. Rhythmic …

The circadian rhythm is a fundamental process that regulates the sleep–wake cycle. This
rhythm is regulated by core clock genes that oscillate to create a physiological rhythm of …