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Record Nr.

UNINA9910956259503321

Titolo

Comparative developmental physiology : contributions, tools, and trends / / edited by Stephen J. Warburton... [et al]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-029067-6

0-19-770059-4

1-280-84089-7

9786610840892

0-19-803769-4

1-4294-0281-4

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Altri autori (Persone)

WarburtonStephen J

Disciplina

571.8/1

Soggetti

Human growth

Developmental biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Pulmonary Surfactant, Cell Culture, and Tissue Regeneration as Models for Understanding the Evolution of Developmental Physiology; 2. In Vivo and Functional Imaging in Developmental Physiology; 3. Models for Embryonic Respiration; 4. Physiology, Development, Genetics, and the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity: Studies with Butterfly Eyespots; 5. The Role of Developmental Plasticity in Comparative Physiology: Mechanism and Process; 6. The Physiological Basis for Metabolic Scaling in Animals: A Developing Perspective

7. Developmental Costs and the Partitioning of Metabolic Energy8. Temperature-Induced Developmental Plasticity in Ectotherms; 9. Developmental Physiology: Its Importance for Environmental Conservation and Biomedical Research; 10. Practical Applications Derived from Basic Developmental Studies; 11. Sciomics: Community/Model Organism-Based and Individualistic Research Strategies for Comparative Animal Developmental Physiology; 12.



Complexity Change during Physiological Development; 13. A Physiological Approach to Heterochrony; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Presenting assessments of work in the field of developmental physiology - from experimental, theoretical, and molecular perspectives - this text examines the future directions this key area will take.