More Genes Are Controlled By Biological Clocks Than Previously T...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sat, 08/30/2008 - 19:30

The tick-tock of your biological clock may have just gotten a little louder. 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.

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