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High amplitude phase resetting in rev-erbalpha/per1 double mutant mice.
PloS one - 2 Sept 2010
Jud Corinne, Hayoz Antoinette, Albrecht Urs
Abstract excerpt
Over time, organisms developed various strategies to adapt to their environment. Circadian clocks are thought to have evolved to adjust to the predictable rhythms of the light-dark cycle caused by the rotation of the Earth around its own axis. The rhythms these clocks generate persist even in the absence of environmental cues with a period of about 24 hours. To tick in time, they continuously synchronize...
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