Florkin / Schoffeniels Molecular Approaches to Ecology

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7728-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Web PDF

Molecular Approaches to Ecology presents studies on the molecular aspects underlying adaptation along with discussions of the concept of molecular adaptation. A proper approach to the study of adaptation must start from the consideration of the relation organism-environment at the level of the community or of the organism, and progressively proceed from this organismic starting point to the underlying molecular aspects. Examples are presented showing that the adaptation to a given environment cannot be traced down to a single molecular mechanism. The book contains nine chapters and begins with a discussion of adaptation and natural selection. This is followed by separate chapters on the basic concepts of comparative biochemistry; the biochemical continuum and ecological integration; and the chemical properties of organisms related to physical and chemical properties of the environment. Subsequent chapters deal with isosmotic intracellular regulation; physiological radiations of biochemical systems; and metabolic relations in the production of the cocoon by the silkworm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Florkin, Marcel

Schoffeniels, Ernest

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Molecular Approaches to Ecology;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Dedication;6
6;Introduction;10
7;CHAPTER I. Adaptation and Natural Selection;12
7.1;References;18
8;CHAPTER II. Basic Concepts of Comparative Biochemistry;19
8.1;References;26
9;CHAPTER III. The Biochemical Continuum and Ecological Integration;27
9.1;References;50
10;CHAPTER IV. Chemical Properties of Organisms Related to Physical Properties of the Environment;56
10.1;Thermal Energy;57
10.2;Light;76
10.3;References;83
11;CHAPTER V. Chemical Properties of Organisms Related to Chemical Properties of the Environment;86
11.1;References;98
12;CHAPTER VI. Isosmotic Intracellular Regulation;100
12.1;References;120
13;CHAPTER VII. Anisosmotic Extracellular and Isosmotic Intracellular Regulations as Examples of Physiological Radiations of Biochemical Systems;123
13.1;Isocitrate Dehydrogenase;154
13.2;Glutamate Synthesis as a Control of the Respiratory Chain;167
13.3;Summary;170
13.4;References;171
14;CHAPTER VIII. Metabolic Relations in the Production of the Cocoon by the Silkworm;175
14.1;References;192
15;CHAPTER IX. Concluding Remarks;194
16;Author Index;197
17;Genus and Species Index;204
18;Subject Index;207