Biological Basis For The Eight-hour Workday?
Monday, April 27, 2009 - 00:14
in Biology & Nature
Scientists already know that some genes are controlled by the circadian clock and are turned on only one time during each 24-hour cycle. Now, researchers have found that some genes are switched on once every 12 or 8 hours, indicating that shorter cycles of the circadian rhythm are also biologically encoded.