ReviewJournal of biological rhythms2024
Evaluating the Adaptive Fitness of Circadian Clocks and their Evolution.
Review in Journal of biological rhythms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.
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27 citing papers in PubMed.
- Natural Variation in Drosophila melanogaster Clock PolyQ Length: Geographic Gradients and Functional Properties.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Daily activity pattern of mantled howlers (Alouatta palliata).Primates; journal of primatology · 2026Article
- Matching circadian rhythms to light-dark cycles increases lettuce yield by 29% in vertical farms without additional energy input.Journal of experimental botany · 2026Article
- Circadian temperature compensation is intrinsically linked with metabolism and redox signaling.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Evolutionary Consequences of Selection on Circadian Accuracy.Journal of biological rhythms · 2026Article
- The Bacillus subtilis circadian clock coordinates intricate spatiotemporal organisation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Core clock protein subcellular dynamics coordinate local and global circadian control in syncytia.The Journal of cell biology · 2026Article
- Female chronotype relates to lay date but not fitness in an island population of great tits.Oecologia · 2026Article
- Phase response curve and RNA-sequencing demonstrate spiders' sensitivity to light and pinpoint candidate light-responsive genes.PloS one · 2026Article
- Conserved eukaryotic factors XCT and COP1 work together to control circadian clock function and reproductive timing in plants.Npj biological timing and sleep · 2026Article
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- Estrogen signaling is necessary for the sex difference in simulated jet lag in mice.American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Core Clock Protein Subcellular Dynamics Coordinate Local and Global Circadian Control in Syncytia.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Machine learning models highlight environmental and genetic factors associated with the Arabidopsis circadian clock.Nature communications · 2025Article
- The Chronological Trigger: The Orchestra Between Homeobox Genes and the Circadian Clock During Development.Biology of the cell · 2025Review
- Circadian rhythms: pervasive, and often times evasive.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Circadian gating: concepts, processes, and opportunities.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Time to start taking time seriously: how to investigate unexpected biological rhythms within infectious disease research.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Potential bidirectional communication between the liver and the central circadian clock in MASLD.npj metabolic health and disease · 2025Review
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Abstract
Surely most chronobiologists believe circadian clocks are an adaptation of organisms that enhances fitness, but are we certain that this focus of our research effort really confers a fitness advantage? What is the evidence, and how do we evaluate it? What are the best criteria? These questions are the topic of this review. In addition, we will discuss selective pressures that might have led to the historical evolution of circadian systems while considering the intriguing question of whether the ongoing climate change is modulating these selective pressures so that the clock is still evolving.
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