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To: UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide

Why have a circadian rhythm independent of the day/night cycle?

One answer off the top of my head is that there is definite survival value in getting up before your predators (or prey) do.


60 posted on 01/13/2006 12:26:22 PM PST by Virginia-American
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To: Virginia-American
One answer off the top of my head is that there is definite survival value in getting up before your predators (or prey) do.

It sure failed in my case!

How did the internal chemistry of the cell learn to arrange itself to accommodate this higher level external function? This complex function was yet another lucky random mutation?
63 posted on 01/13/2006 12:39:11 PM PST by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
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