Biochemical adaptation : mechanism and process in physiological evolution /

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Author / Creator:Hochachka, Peter W.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 466 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11133073
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Other authors / contributors:Somero, George N.
ISBN:9780195353679
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9780195117028
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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 Physiolog.
Other form:Print version: Hochachka, Peter W. Biochemical adaptation. New York : Oxford University Press, 2002 0195117026 0195117034