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Published online 4 November 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021104-2
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Fuel clock drives feeding
Metabolic clock mutants give up food and siestas.
Researchers have created a mouse that lacks the drive to eat or siesta. The findings hint at the existence of a controversial body clock driven by metabolism.
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