de Mairan (English spelling)

Japanese: de Mairan(英語表記)deMairan
de Mairan (English spelling)

...Small birds sing in the morning, and mice are active at night. The French astronomer de Mairan was the first to experimentally show (1729) that the circadian rhythm of living things is not the result of the direct effects of external light or temperature, but is based on endogenous rhythms inherent in the living thing. He discovered that the movement of plant leaves continues even in the dark.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "de Mairan" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…小鳥は朝からさえずり,ネズミは夜になると活発に動き回る。このような生物の日周リズムが,外界の光や温度の直接作用の結果ではなく,生物に内在する内因性リズムに基づくことを初めて(1729)実験的に示したのはフランスの天文学者ド・メランde Mairanである。彼は植物の葉の運動が暗黒下でも持続することを発見した。…

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