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University of Georgia Researchers Show For The First Time That Dramatically More Genes Are Controlled by Biological Clocks Than Previously Known

August 29, 2008

Researchers at the University of Georgia report that the number of genes under control of the biological clock in a much-studied model organism is dramatically higher than previously reported. The new study implies that the clock may be much more important in living things than suspected only a few years ago. Full story

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