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Chronobiology

the proposal that circadian clocks first evolved to schedule light-sensitive processes such as DNA replication into the night.

In chronobiology, escape from light hypothesis refers to the proposal that circadian clocks first evolved to schedule light-sensitive processes such as DNA replication into the night. This meaning comes from Pittendrigh (1993) in Annual Review of Physiology.[1]

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References

Pittendrigh, C. S. (1993). Temporal Organization: Reflections of a Darwinian Clock-Watcher. Annual Review of Physiology, 55(1), 17-54. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ph.55.030193.000313

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