Clockwork genes discoveries in biological time

Rosbash, Michael. (Added Author). Takahashi, Joseph S. (Added Author). Howard Hughes Medical Institute (Added Author).

Summary: Doctors Michael Rosbash and Joseph S. Takahashi explain what circadian clocks are, how they work, and what relevance this knowledge might have for human health. They also describe the scientific method that led to their discoveries of the key genes that underlie clock function.

Record details

Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc ; sd., col. ; 4 3/4 (DVD)
Publisher: [Chevy Chase, Md.] : Howard Hughes Medical Institute, c2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Four lectures on biological clocks with animations.
Formatted Contents Note:	Lecture one. Biology in four dimensions -- Lecture two. Unwinding clock genetics -- Lecture three. Perfect timing -- Lecture four. The mammalian timekeeper.