Populations of interacting oscillators and circadian rhythms
Pavlidis, T., 1969: Populations of interacting oscillators and circadian rhythms. Journal of Theoretical Biology 22(3): 418-436
This paper considers a population of interacting oscillators which simulate the main features of circadian rhythms. It is shown that under strong coupling the oscillators oscillate at only a fraction of the frequency that each one of them would oscillate if they were not interconnected. This suggests a possible mechanism for obtaining 24-hour periods from biochemical oscillators whose period is only a few minutes. The frequency of the population is a function of the number of the individual oscillators, and this gives an additional degree of freedom to the system.PMID: 5803331
DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(69)90014-9
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