Biological rhythms
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Added by AWeidmanChronobiology is a field of science that examines periodic (cyclic) phenomena in living organisms and their adaptation to solar and lunar related rhythms.[1] These cycles are known as biological rhythms. "Chrono" pertains to time and "biology" pertains to the study, or science, of life. The related terms chronomics and chronome have been used in some cases to describe either the molecular mechanisms involved in chronobiological phenomena or the more quantitative aspects of chronobiology, particularly where comparison of cycles between organisms is required.
Chrobiological studies include but are not limited to comparative anatomy, physiology, genetics, molecular biology and behavior of organisms within biological rhythms mechanics.[1]
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Variations in the timing and duration of biological activity (eg eating, sleeping, mating, hibernating, migration, cellular regeneration, etc), occur in both animals and man.
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- Circadian rhythm a roughly 24 hour cycle
- Infradian rhythms, which are long-term cycles, such as the annual migration or reproduction cycles found in certain animals or the human menstrual cycle.
- Ultradian rhythms, which are short cycles, such as the 90-minute REM cycle, the 4-hour nasal cycle, or the 3-hour cycle of growth hormone production. They have periods of less than 24 hours.
- Tidal rhythms,
- Lunar synodic cycle
- Seasonal variations
- Sleep wake cycle
- Zeitgeber
