To accommodate daily recurring environmental changes, animals show cyclic variations in
behaviour and physiology, which include prominent behavioural states such as sleep–wake …

The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is an established model organism in chronobiology,
because genetic manipulation and breeding in the laboratory are easy. The circadian clock …

The circadian clock orchestrates daily changes in physiology and behavior to ensure
internal temporal order and optimal timing across the day. In animals, a central brain clock …

Circadian rhythms have a profound influence on most bodily functions: from metabolism to
complex behaviors. They ensure that all these biological processes are optimized with the …

All known circadian clocks have an endogenous period that is remarkably insensitive to
temperature, a property known as temperature compensation, while at the same time being …

A central question in the circadian biology field concerns the mechanisms that translate~ 24‐
hr oscillations of the molecular clock into overt rhythms. Drosophila melanogaster is a …

Increasing ambient temperature reorganizes the Drosophila sleep pattern in a way similar to
the human response to heat, increasing daytime sleep while decreasing nighttime sleep …

A daily body temperature rhythm (BTR) is critical for the maintenance of homeostasis in
mammals. Whereas mammals use internal energy to regulate body temperature, ectotherms …

The ability to anticipate tides is critical for a wide range of marine organisms, but this task is
complicated by the diversity of tidal patterns on Earth. Previous findings suggest that …

Circadian clocks play an essential role in adapting the activity rhythms of animals to the day–
night cycles on earth throughout the four seasons. In many animals, including the fruit fly …