Chronobiology
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The study of biological systems as affected by time. Aging, biological rhythms, and cyclic phenomena are included. Statistical, computer-aided mathematical procedures are used to describe, in mathematical terminology, various biological functions over time. |
| Guide Notes: |
"biol systems as affected by time"; DF: CHRONOBIOL |
| Previously Indexed: |
Biological Clocks (1966-1985),Periodicity (1966-1985) |
Chronobiology Categories.
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Biological Clocks - The physiological mechanisms that govern the rhythmic occurrence of certain biochemical, physiological, and behavioral phenomena in plants and animals. |
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Periodicity - The tendency of a phenomenon to recur at regular intervals; in biological systems, the recurrence of certain activities (including hormonal, cellular, neural) may be annual, seasonal, monthly, daily, or more frequently (ultradian). |
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