Animal Physiology.

This book examines four examples of animal physiology that illustrate emergent properties in whole organisms. The first example shows how mammals coordinate the activity of all their cells using a daily rhythm. The second case explains an apparent contradiction that happens every time a woman gets p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: A. Malcolm Campbell; Christopher J. Paradise
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Momentum Press, 2016.
Temas:
Physiology.
Physiology
Physiologie.
physiology.
allografts
antagonistic pleiotropy
autograft
cerebrospinal fluid
choroid plexus
circadian
disposable soma hypothesis
dopamine
eclampsia
emergent property
endometrium
eusocial
first-set rejection
graft
homeostasis
leptin
lipostat
melatonin
MHC I
natural killer
negative feedback loop
orthologs
pair-fed
parabiotic
placenta
positive feedback loop
preeclampsia
second-set rejection
senescence
suprachiasmatic nucleus
trophoblast
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Mammals have cellular clock mechanism
  • Ethical, legal, social implications: sleep is connected to daily rhythms
  • 3. Maintaining body weight and fat levels
  • Ethical, legal, social implications: challenges of the obesity epidemic
  • 4. Animals age and die at different rates
  • Ethical, legal, social implications: end of life issues
  • Conclusions
  • Glossary
  • Index.

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