Genomic heterogeneity affects the response to Daylight Saving Time.

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-94459-z

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Genomic heterogeneity affects the response to Daylight Saving Time.

Scientific reports - 20 Jul 2021

Tyler Jonathan, Fang Yu, Goldstein Cathy, Forger Daniel, Sen Srijan, Burmeister Margit

Abstract excerpt

Circadian clocks control the timing of many physiological events in the 24-h day. When individuals undergo an abrupt external shift (e.g., change in work schedule or travel across multiple time zones), circadian clocks become misaligned with the new time and may take several days to adjust. Chron...

Topics

Adaptation, Physiological
Circadian Clocks
Cohort Studies
Genetic Variation
High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Humans
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sleep
Wakefulness

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