Biochemical adaptation : mechanism and process in physiological evolution /
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Author / Creator: | Hochachka, Peter W. |
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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 |
Other authors / contributors: | Somero, George N. |
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ISBN: | 9780195353679 0195353676 0195117026 9780195117028 0195117034 9780195117035 1602562342 9781602562349 1280470356 9781280470356 0195186133 9780195186130 |
Digital file characteristics: | data file |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. |
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 |
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