The study built up a genetic database by taking blood samples from animals as diverse as tiny mouse lemurs, the gibbons and gorillas.

这项研究通过采集各种动物的血液样本建立了一个基因数据库，这些动物包括小鼠狐猴、长臂猿和大猩猩。

The largest genetic study of people's body clocks took in almost 450,000 British people from the UK Biobank genetic database and close to 250,000 people from the US who had used genetic testing service 23andMe.

这项对人体生物钟的基因研究是有史以来规模最大的，从英国生物银行基因数据库调取了近45万英国人的基因资料，并从基因测试服务机构23andMe获取了近25万美国人的数据。