{"id":2269,"date":"2018-12-24T17:57:26","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T17:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theperihelioneffect.com\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2018-12-25T21:19:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-25T21:19:20","slug":"introduction-to-chronobiology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theperihelioneffect.com\/introduction-to-chronobiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Chronobiology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Chronobiology<\/span><\/p>

\"\"Chronobiology is a field of science that examines periodic (cyclic<\/span>) phenomena in living organisms and their adaptation to solar and lunar related rhythms.[1] These cycles are known as biological rhythms. “Chrono” pertains to time and “biology” pertains to the study, or science, of life. The related terms chronomics and chronome have been used in some cases to describe either the molecular mechanisms involved in chronobiological phenomena or the more quantitative aspects of chronobiology, particularly where comparison of cycles between organisms is required.<\/p>

Chronobiological studies include but are not limited to comparative\u00a0anatomy<\/span>, physiology, genetics, molecular biology and behavior of organisms within biological rhythms mechanics. Other aspects include development, reproduction, ecology and evolution.<\/p>

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Description<\/b><\/p>

The variations of the timing and duration of biological activity in living organisms occur for many essential biological processes. These occur (a) in\u00a0animals<\/span>\u00a0(eating, sleeping, mating, hibernating, migration, cellular regeneration, etc.), and (b) in plants (leaf movements, photosynthetic reactions, etc.). The most important rhythm in chronobiology is the circadian rhythm, a roughly 24 hour cycle shown by physiological processes in plants and animals. The term circadian comes from the Latin circa, meaning “around” and dies, “day”, meaning “approximately a day.” Many other important cycles are also studied, including:<\/p>