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Main Title Biochemical adaptation /
Author Hochachka, Peter W. ; Somero, George N.
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Somero, George N.
Publisher Princeton University Press,
Year Published 1984
OCLC Number 10099439
ISBN 0691083436; 9780691083438; 0691083444; 9780691083445
Subjects Adaptation (Physiology) ; Biochemistry ; Adaptation, Biological ; Adaptation, Physiological ; Anpassung ; Biochemie ; Stoffwechsel
Additional Subjects Adaptation (Physiology) ; Biological chemistry
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ELBM  QP82.H63 1984 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/01/1988
Collation xx, 537 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-521) and index.
Contents Notes
Biochemical adaptation: basic mechanisms and strategies -- Design of cellular metabolism -- Adaptation of enzymes to metabolic functions -- Exercise adaptations -- Limiting oxygen availability -- Metabolic adaptations to diving -- Off-switches in metabolism: from Anhydrobiosis to hibernation -- Mammalian developmental adaptations -- Respiratory proteins -- Water-solute adaptations: the evolution and regulation of biological solutions -- Temperature adaptation -- Adaptations to the deep sea.