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An Ancient Cellular Mechanism in the Tension Field between Energy Requirements and Destruction Avoidance
Circadian rhythmicity is a fundamental biological phenomenon of almost ubiquitous importance. This kind of an endogenous, innate oscillation with a period length of about a day is present in the majority of or...
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Circadian Rhythms and Oxidative Stress in Non-vertebrate Organisms
Several lines of evidence suggest that the circadian organization of living beings is important for avoiding excessive oxidative stress under physiological conditions. In the dinoflagellate Gonyaulax polyedra, ac...
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The vertebrate pineal hormone melatonin is produced by the brown alga Pterygophora californica and mimics dark effects on growth rate in the light
Melatonin, a methoxylated indoleamine, plays a role as a mediator of darkness in animals as well as in the unicellular alga Gonyaulax polyedra Stein and was recently detected in higher plants. We report on the fi...
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Geschlechtsbedingte Unterschiede bei Tagesrhythmen von Insekten
Sex-dependent differences in diuranl rhythms of insects concerning mainly phase and pattern are reviewed. As possible significant factors in the evolution of such differences are discussed: life span of the sp...