{"title":"Biological rhythms: Living your life, one half-day at a time.","authors":"Patrick Emery, Frédéric Gachon","doi":"10.1038/s44323-025-00037-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Circadian rhythms play a preeminent role in our life, organizing our physiology and behavior on a daily basis to resonate with our fluctuating environment. However, recent studies reveal that hundreds of mouse and human genes are expressed with a 12-h pattern. We take a close look at mammalian 12-h rhythms, their potential mechanisms and functions, and evidence linking them to circatidal rhythms, which enable marine animals to adapt to tides.</p>","PeriodicalId":501704,"journal":{"name":"npj Biological Timing and Sleep","volume":"2 1","pages":"21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12133581/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"npj Biological Timing and Sleep","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s44323-025-00037-1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/6/3 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Circadian rhythms play a preeminent role in our life, organizing our physiology and behavior on a daily basis to resonate with our fluctuating environment. However, recent studies reveal that hundreds of mouse and human genes are expressed with a 12-h pattern. We take a close look at mammalian 12-h rhythms, their potential mechanisms and functions, and evidence linking them to circatidal rhythms, which enable marine animals to adapt to tides.