Principles of animal design : the optimization and symmorphosis debate /
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Imprint: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998. |
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Description: | xx, 314 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2963698 |
Table of Contents:
- A Tribute to C. Richard Taylor Ewald R. Weibel Liana Bolis
- A life with animals: from cat to fish Liana Bolis
- 1. Symmorphosis and optimization of biological design: introduction and questions
- 2. How much structure is enough?
- 3. Evolution of optimal systems
- 4. Bone design and biomechanics
- 5. Muscles and locomotion
- 6. Design of cells for metabolism
- 7. Lungs and gills for gas exchange
- 8. Nutrient supply system
- 9. Integrative systems for oxygen and fuel delivery
- 10. Design of nervous systems
- 11. How good is best?
- Index