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Understanding the genes that make our circadian clocks tick

  • Written by Giles E. Duffield, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame
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Have you ever wondered why you don’t feel tired until late at night but your spouse is fast asleep at 10 p.m. and wakes spontaneously at 6 a.m.?

We each have an internal biological clock, called a circadian clock, that organizes the internal and external activities of our body around...

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