TY - GEN AU - Kumar,Vinod TI - Biological rhythms SN - 0387428534 (Springer-Verlag New York) PY - 2002/// CY - Berlin, New York, New Delhi PB - Narosa Pub. House KW - Biological Clocks KW - Circadian Rhythm KW - Photoperiod N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Biological clocks at the end of the 20th century / M. Menaker -- Clocks, genes and evolution: the evolution of circadian organization / V.K. Sharma and A. Joshi -- Circadian frequency and its variability / S. Daan and D.G.M. Beersma -- Period doubling of rhythmic water regulation in plants / A. Johnsson and G. Prytz -- The genetics and molecular biology of circadian clocks / M. Zordan ... [et al.] -- The circadian systems of cells / T. Roenneberg and M. Merrow -- Retinal circadian rhythms / G. Fleissner and G. Fleissner -- Perception of natural zeitgeber signals / G. Fleissner and G. Fleissner -- Photoreceptors for the circadian clock of the fruitfly / C. Helfrich-Förster and W. Engelmann -- Photoentrainment of vertebrate circadian rhythms / R.G. Foster -- Circadian organization in fish and amphibians / G.M. Cahill -- The circadian organization of reptiles / C. Bertolucci, A. Foâa and G. Tosini -- The circadian pacemaking system of birds / R. Brandstatter -- Neurochemical aspects of the entrainment of the mammalian suprachiasmatic circadian pacemaker / H.D. Piggins ... [et al.] -- Photoperiodism in plants / P.J. Lumsden -- Photoperiodism in birds and mammals / S.L. Meddle, G.E. Bentley and V.M. King -- Ultradian rhythms / M.P. Gerkema --; Biological rhythms in Arctic animals / E. Reierth and K.-A. Stokkan -- Diversity in the circadian response to melatonin in mammals / S.M.W. Rajaratnam and J.R. Redman -- Light sensitivity of the biological clock / S. Rani, S. Singh and V. Kumar ER -