The Physiological Clock: Endogenous Diurnal Rhythms and Biological Chronometry

✍ Scribed by Erwin Bünning (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1964
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 151
• Series: Heidelberg Science Library
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-V
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Endodiurnal Oscillations as the Principle of Many Physiological Time Measuring Processes....Pages 4-19
Periodicity Fade-Out; Initiation by External Factors....Pages 20-29
Cellular and Central Control....Pages 29-39
Temperature Effects....Pages 39-53
Light Effects....Pages 54-69
Attempts to Identify and Analyse the Nature of the Oscillations....Pages 69-78
Influence of Chemical Factors....Pages 78-83
The Rôle of Cytoplasm, Nucleus, and Plastids in the Clock Mechanism....Pages 83-89
Use of the Clock for Adjustment to Diurnal Cycles in the Environment....Pages 90-95
Use of the Clock in Direction Finding....Pages 95-101
Use of the Clock for Adjustment to Tidal and Lunar Cycles....Pages 102-108
Control of Diurnal Fluctuations in Responsiveness to External Factors....Pages 108-111
Use of the Clock for Day-Length Measurement....Pages 111-128
Pathological Phenomena....Pages 128-134
Back Matter....Pages 135-145

✦ Subjects

Plant Physiology; Human Physiology