Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Artic Animals And Time

A new study shows that the internal clock in Artic animals has been turned off. In the artic the sun may shine for months and vice versa. According to recent findings evolution may have found a way to turn off organisms internal cellular clock. It was first seen in reindeer, who are suspected to have the clock regulated genes but they are being expressed differently. It first came as a surprise but now it is being known that more artic animals may express the same thing.

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  1. I have also read that as the polar ice is melting it is exposing new organisms. But, it is also allowing greenhouse gasses that have been trapped to be released into the atmosphere.

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