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020 _a0198724225
020 _a9780198724223
035 _a(OCoLC)1022085186
092 _a508
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049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aNaylor, E.
_q(Ernest),
_d1931-
_9382252
245 1 0 _aMoonstruck :
_bhow lunar cycles affect life.
260 _a[S.l.] :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2018.
300 _a229 pages :
_billustrations (black and white) ;
_c22 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThroughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where lunar-daily and lunar-monthly patterns of Moon-generated tides are embedded in their genes. Yet, intriguingly, Moon-related behaviours are also found in dry land and fresh water species living far beyond the influence of any tides. In Moonstruck, Ernest Naylor dismisses the myths concerning the influence of the Moon, but shows through a range of fascinating examples the remarkable real effects that we are now finding through science. He suggests that since the advent of evolution on Earth, which occurred shortly after the formation of the Moon, animals evolved adaptations to the lunar cycle, and considers whether, if Moon-clock genes occur in other animals, they also might exist in us?
650 0 _aNatural history.
_931205
650 0 _aTides.
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651 0 _aMoon
_xPhases.
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650 0 _aAnimal behavior.
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650 0 _aPlants
_xEffect of the moon on.
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650 0 _aHuman beings
_xEffect of the moon on.
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