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The periodic pattern of eclosion (emergence of the adult at the end of metamorphosis) and the pattern of adult locomotion (Figure 1a,b) are classic examples of circadian rhythms, which are typically analyzed by application of periodogram functions [ 14 15 16 17 ] . Figure 1cand 1ddisplay examples of daily molecular rhythms for a whole fly and a pair of dissected wings, as reported in real time by luciferase-encoding DNA fused to regulatory sequences of the period (per) clock gene; these gene-product fluctuations have been analyzed using functions other than periodograms [ 10 18 ] . Drosophila rhythms are also evident on other time scales besides circa-24 hours.
His charge is asleep, the grandfather clock ticks peacefully in the background, but Gramps is too frightened to move, lest he disturb the infant.
The exterior is adorned with a brick clock tower, but the cathedral’s interior is considerably more impressive.
Most people already know the imagery--after all, Oliver Stone presented it in Panavision--and probably regard it as a valuable "clock" of the assassination, one that created problems for the Warren Commission.
In using an adult cell to create a clone, the "cellular clock" that determines the difference between an embryo and adult was somehow reset.