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WE define ‘cycle’ as that phenomenon represented by regular variations of internal origin. By ‘rhythm’, we understand a phenomenon represented by regular variations imposed by external conditions. ‘Regularity’ signifies a constancy of the interval separating two identical stages of the variation1. The ovulation of the cosmotropical spider Latrodectus geometricus C. Koch is at one time both cyclic and rhythmic.
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BOUILLON, A., LEKIE, R. Cycle and Rhythm in the Ovulation of the Spider Latrodectus geometricus C. Koch. Nature 191, 620–621 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191620a0
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