The biology of time across different scales

被引:84
作者
Buonomano, Dean V.
机构
[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Brain Res Inst, Dept Neurobiol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Brain Res Inst, Dept Psychol, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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10.1038/nchembio1007-594
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Animals time events on scales that span from microseconds to days. In contrast to the technologies devised by humans to keep track of time, biology has developed vastly different mechanisms for timing across these different scales.
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页码:594 / 597
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