Komal Bavaskar, D Y Patil university What is a circadian cycle? Circadian rhythms are 24-hour cycles of physical, behavioral & mental changes in a body. These natural processes are largely influenced by light and dark and affect the majority of living things, including animals, plants, and microorganisms. Chronobiology is the science of studying circadian rhythms. […]
Arka Acharyya, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara We live on a rotating planet and that has an immense impact on Chronobiology. Like humans and other animals, plants also have an ‘internal clock’ that controls the daily and seasonal rhythms. According to the plant scientists of Cambridge University, the genetic architecture of circadian oscillators should […]
Koustav Maiti, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara Many and different types of pathogens are found in the world that can infect and cause severe diseases in plants. This kind of infection or disease can reduce crop yields in the plants. The pathogens discharge effector proteins into plant cells during the infection. Some effector proteins […]
Rishaanko Pyne, Amity University Kolkata What are Circadian Rhythms? Circadian rhythms (circa = about; dies = day) are an integral part of eukaryotic life, they are endogenous, inducible biological processes that oscillate over a 24-hour cycle following the circadian environment of the earth. It allows the coordination of biological and behavioral processes with the external […]
Arpita Adhikary, Amity University Kolkata Circadian rhythm is a 24-hour biological, natural rhythm that controls various regulatory internal mechanism including homeostasis, sleep-wake cycle etc. Different external (jet lag, night shift work, late-night eating) and internal factor (gene mutation, ageing, insomnia) are responsible for disruption of the circadian rhythm. Though rare disruption manages to keep the […]
