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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449915003321

Autore

Hochachka Peter W.

Titolo

Biochemical adaptation : mechanism and process in physiological evolution / / Peter W. Hochachka, George N. Somero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

1-280-47035-6

9786610470358

1-282-36726-9

9786612367267

0-19-535367-6

1-60256-234-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (464p. ) : ill

Disciplina

572.8/38

Soggetti

Adaptation (Physiology)

Physiology, Comparative

Molecular evolution

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1 The Goals and Scope of This Volume 3 --2 Cellular Metabolism, Regulation, and Homeostasis 20 --3 Influence of Oxygen Availability 101 -- 4 The Diving Response and Its Evolution 158 --5 Human Hypoxia Tolerance 186 --6 Water-Solute Adaptations: The Evolution and Regulation of the Internal Milieu 217 --7 Temperature 290 -- Index 451.

Sommario/riassunto

Suitable for graduates and undergraduates in environmental biology, comparative physiology, and marine biology, this text lays out the principles of mechanistic comparative physiology in an ecological and evolutionary context.