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The paper reviews a series of models for circadian clocks and discusses their conclusions and predictions. Attention is focused on Pittendrigh's empirical model, two mathematical models by the author and Winfree's work.
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Pavlidis, T. What do mathematical models tell us about circadian clocks?. Bltn Mathcal Biology 40, 625–635 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02460734
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