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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100195117034

ISBN-139780195117035

eBay Product ID (ePID)1962162

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Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameBiochemical Adaptation : Mechanism and Process in Physiological Evolution

SubjectLife Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Molecular Biology, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Evolution, Physiology

Publication Year2002

TypeTextbook

AuthorGeorge N. Somero, Peter W. Hochachka

Subject AreaScience, Medical

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight34.6 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width9.9 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2001-032142

Dewey Edition21

Reviews"Noting that "an underlying unity in biochemical design persists in the face of a remarkable degree of adaptive diversification in biochemical structures and processes," Hochachka (zoology, radiology, and sports medicine, U. of British Columbia, Canada) and Somero (director, Stanford U.'s Hopkins Marine Station) explain the evolutionary and genetic mechanisms by which organisms' biochemical systems have adapted so as to exploit a huge range of ecological niches on the land and in the sea. They review and analyzing the scientific literature that has appeared in the past 15 years. They come to three main conclusions about the adaptive process: that it is highly conservative and preserves biochemical unity, that the time available to an organism to fabricate and adaptive response governs strongly the types of materials that can be exploited, and that the organizational complexity of an organism create regulatory constraints not found in less complex organisms."--SciTech Book News "The result is a masterpiece: exciting, invigorating, and challenging."--Science, VOL 296, April 2002, "Noting that "an underlying unity in biochemical design persists in the face of a remarkable degree of adaptive diversification in biochemical structures and processes," Hochachka (zoology, radiology, and sports medicine, U. of British Columbia, Canada) and Somero (director, Stanford U.'s Hopkins Marine Station) explain the evolutionary and genetic mechanisms by which organisms' biochemical systems have adapted so as to exploit a huge range of ecological nicheson the land and in the sea. They review and analyzing the scientific literature that has appeared in the past 15 years. They come to three main conclusions about the adaptive process: that it ishighly conservative and preserves biochemical unity, that the time available to an organism to fabricate and adaptive response governs strongly the types of materials that can be exploited, and that the organizational complexity of an organism create regulatory constraints not found in less complex organisms."--SciTech Book News"The result is a masterpiece: exciting, invigorating, and challenging."--Science, VOL 296, April 2002"Noting that "an underlying unity in biochemical design persists in the face of a remarkable degree of adaptive diversification in biochemical structures and processes," Hochachka (zoology, radiology, and sports medicine, U. of British Columbia, Canada) and Somero (director, Stanford U.'s Hopkins Marine Station) explain the evolutionary and genetic mechanisms by which organisms' biochemical systems have adapted so as to exploit a huge range of ecological nicheson the land and in the sea. They review and analyzing the scientific literature that has appeared in the past 15 years. They come to three main conclusions about the adaptive process: that it ishighly conservative and preserves biochemical unity, that the time available to an organism to fabricate and adaptive response governs strongly the types of materials that can be exploited, and that the organizational complexity of an organism create regulatory constraints not found in less complex organisms."--SciTech Book News"The result is a masterpiece: exciting, invigorating, and challenging."--Science, VOL 296, April 2002, "The result is a masterpiece: exciting, invigorating, andchallenging."--Science, VOL 296, April 2002, "The result is a masterpiece: exciting, invigorating, and challenging."--Science, VOL 296, April 2002, "Noting that "an underlying unity in biochemical design persists in the face of a remarkable degree of adaptive diversification in biochemical structures and processes," Hochachka (zoology, radiology, and sports medicine, U. of British Columbia, Canada) and Somero (director, Stanford U.'sHopkins Marine Station) explain the evolutionary and genetic mechanisms by which organisms' biochemical systems have adapted so as to exploit a huge range of ecological niches on the land and in the sea. They review and analyzing the scientific literature that has appeared in the past 15 years. Theycome to three main conclusions about the adaptive process: that it is highly conservative and preserves biochemical unity, that the time available to an organism to fabricate and adaptive response governs strongly the types of materials that can be exploited, and that the organizational complexityof an organism create regulatory constraints not found in less complex organisms."--SciTech Book News, "Noting that "an underlying unity in biochemical design persists in the face of a remarkable degree of adaptive diversification in biochemical structures and processes," Hochachka (zoology, radiology, and sports medicine, U. of British Columbia, Canada) and Somero (director, Stanford U.'s Hopkins Marine Station) explain the evolutionary and genetic mechanisms by which organisms' biochemical systems have adapted so as to exploit a huge range of ecological niches on the land and in the sea. They review and analyzing the scientific literature that has appeared in the past 15 years. They come to three main conclusions about the adaptive process: that it is highly conservative and preserves biochemical unity, that the time available to an organism to fabricate and adaptive response governs strongly the types of materials that can be exploited, and that the organizational complexity of an organism create regulatory constraints not found in less complex organisms."--SciTech Book News"The result is a masterpiece: exciting, invigorating, and challenging."--Science, VOL 296, April 2002

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal572.8/38

Table Of Content1. The Goals and Scope of This Volume2. Cellular Metabolism, Regulation, and Homeostasis3. Influence of Oxygen Availability4. The Diving Response and Its Evolution5. Human Hypoxia Tolerance6. Water-Solute Adaptations: The Evolution and Regulation of the Internal Milieu7. TemperatureIndex

SynopsisThe study of biochemical adaption provides fascinating insights into how organisms "work" and how they evolve to sustain physiological function under a vast array of environmental conditions. This book describes how the abilities of organisms to thrive in widely different environments derive from two fundamental classes of biochemical adaptions: modifications of core biochemical processes that allow a common set of physiological functions to be conserved, and"inventions" of new biochemical traits that allow entry into novel habitats. Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanisms and Process in Physiological Evolution asks two primary questions. First, how have the corebiochemical systems found in all species been adaptively modified to allow the same fundamental types of physiological processes to be sustained throughout the wide range of habitat conditions found in the biosphere? Second, through what types of genetic and biochemical processes have new physiological functions been fabricated? The primary audience for this book is faculty, senior undergraduates, and graduate students in environmental biology, comparative physiology, and marine biology. Otherlikely readers include workers in governmental laboratories concerned with environmental issues, medical students interested in some elements of the book, and medical researchers., The study of biochemical adaption provides fascinating insights into how organisms "work" and how they evolve to sustain physiological function under a vast array of environmental conditions. This book describes how the abilities of organisms to thrive in widely different environments derive from two fundamental classes of biochemical adaptions: modifications of core biochemical processes that allow a common set of physiological functions to be conserved, and "inventions" of new biochemical traits that allow entry into novel habitats. Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanisms and Process in Physiological Evolution asks two primary questions. First, how have the core biochemical systems found in all species been adaptively modified to allow the same fundamental types of physiological processes to be sustained throughout the wide range of habitat conditions found in the biosphere? Second, through what types of genetic and biochemical processes have new physiological functions been fabricated? The primary audience for this book is faculty, senior undergraduates, and graduate students in environmental biology, comparative physiology, and marine biology. Other likely readers include workers in governmental laboratories concerned with environmental issues, medical students interested in some elements of the book, and medical researchers., This book lays out the principles of mechanistic comparative physiology in an ecological and evolutionary context. Somero and Hochachka are among the most eminent workers at this important interface between a number of fields. They have collaborated on two earlier books covering this subject, which were the definitive treatments of the subject, so although this book will be completely rewritten, and with a different title, it is de facto the third edition of an established classic of the advanced literature. The subject of evolutionary physiology has advanced considerably since their last book, and so this volume will be a rather more satisfying synthesis than could be written earlier.

LC Classification NumberQP82.H632 2002