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Biochemical adaptation : mechanism and process in physiological evolution / Peter W. Hochachka, George N. Somero.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hochachka, Peter W., author.
- Somero, George N., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adaptation (Physiology).
- Physiology, Comparative.
- Molecular evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (464 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2002.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-770035-7
- 1-280-47035-6
- 9786610470358
- 1-282-36726-9
- 9786612367267
- 0-19-535367-6
- 1-60256-234-2
- OCLC:
- 57469409
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