Biological clocks fly into view. (Scripps researcher Steve A. Kay found that the several of the fruit fly's organs are sensitive to circadian rhythms and light)(Brief Article)

From: Science News | Date: December 6, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

Clocks are ubiquitous in today's society. In addition to their traditional homes on mantles, nightstands, and wrists, timepieces now appear on VCRs, computer screens, TVs, microwave ovens, and much more. Nature's fondness for clocks may be even more impressive, however. Scientists report in the Nov. 28 Science that the fruit fly harbors biological clocks in its head, thorax, abdomen, leg bristles, wings, antennae, and proboscis. "We were really shocked there were these light-resettable clocks throughout the animal," says Steve A. Kay of the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, ...

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