BIOL 8338 - Biological Clocks

(3) A consideration of the biological clocks that generate daily, lunar, seasonal and annual rhythms in various animals including people. Emphasis on neuroendocrine substrates, development and adaptive significance of reproductive cycles, feeding rhythms, sleep-wakefulness cycles, hibernation cycles, body weight and migratory cycles. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE(S): Graduate standing and Permission of instructor.