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Patricia DeCoursey

Biology

#2830

World Rank

#4422

Historical Rank

#1221

USA Rank

Genetics

#1506

World Rank

#1609

Historical Rank

#290

USA Rank

Molecular Biology

#2087

World Rank

#2119

Historical Rank

#233

USA Rank

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Patricia DeCoursey's Degrees

Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Genetics Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Patricia Jackson DeCoursey was a leading researcher in the field of chronobiology. Her research focused on behavioral, physiological, and ecological aspects of mammalian circadian rhythms. She is credited with creating the first Phase Response Curve . PRC’s are used throughout the field today to help illustrate the change of a biological oscillation in response to an external stimulus. She worked as a biology professor at the University of South Carolina from 1967 until her retirement as director of the W. Gordon Belser Arboretum in 2019.

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Patricia DeCoursey's Published Works

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Chronobiology: Biological Timekeeping (2009) (417)
A circadian pacemaker in free-living chipmunks: essential for survival? (2000) (187)
Phase control of activity in a rodent. (1960) (182)
FUNCTION OF A LIGHT RESPONSE RHYTHM IN HAMSTERS. (1964) (162)
Circadian Performance of Suprachiasmatic Nuclei (SCN)-Lesioned Antelope Ground Squirrels in a Desert Enclosure (1997) (134)
Circadian rhythmicity after neural transplant to hamster third ventricle: specificity of suprachiasmatic nuclei (1989) (102)
Biological rhythms in the marine environment (1976) (101)
Effect of mercury on survival, metabolism and behaviour of larval Uca pugilator (Brachyura) (1972) (92)
ADAPTIVE ASPECTS OF ACTIVITY RHYTHMS IN BATS (1964) (74)
Egg-hatching Rhythms in Three Species of Fiddler Crabs (1979) (69)
Behavior of SCN-Lesioned Chipmunks in Natural Habitat: A Pilot Study (1998) (69)
Effect of light on the circadian activity rhythm of the flying squirrel, Glaucomys volans (1961) (48)
Relationship of Circadian Temperature and Activity Rhythms in Two Rodent Species (1998) (48)
Free‐running rhythms and patterns of circadian entrainment in three species of diurnal rodents (1973) (32)
Circadian photoentrainment in nocturnal mammals : ecological overtones (1990) (25)
Effects of cadmium and mercury on the behavioral responses and development of Eurypanopeus depressus larvae (1978) (22)
Survival value of suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) in four wild sciurid rodents. (2014) (19)
Diversity of Function of SCN Pacemakers in Behavior and Ecology of Three Species of Sciurid Rodents (2004) (17)
The effect of dredging in a polluted estuary on the physiology of larval zooplankton (1975) (13)
Circadian photo-entrainment in a noctural rodent: quantitative measurement of light-sampling activity (1991) (11)
A Preliminary Analysis of Energy Flow in a South Carolina Salt Marsh: Wading Birds (1981) (9)
Development and characterization of microsatellite loci in the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) (2007) (9)
Frequency Modulation of a Circadian Pacemaker during Photoentrainment (1988) (4)
Size and structure of a South Carolina salt marsh avian community (1982) (2)
1 The Role of the Suprachiasmatic Pacemaker ( SCN ) in Energy Expenditure During Hibernation of Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels (1)
Sensory Perception and Communication in Electric Fish (1993) (1)
Effect of sublethal metal pollutants on the fiddler crab 'Uca pugilator'. Final report (1977) (1)
The Ecologoical Significance of Circadian Timing in Mammals (1999) (0)

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