| Description |
1 online resource (259 p.) |
| Series |
New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 A Brief History of Evolutionary Thinking -- Summary -- Introduction -- Darwin -- Darwin's Theory -- The Modern Synthesis -- The Darkest Chapter -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2 Outlining the Major Transitions in the History of Life -- Summary -- Introduction -- The Major Transitions -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3 One Central Mystery: Why Did Eukaryotes Only Evolve Once? -- Summary -- Introduction -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 A Levels-of-Selection View of Evolutionary Physiology |
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The Lung as an Interactive Barrier: Homolog of the Plasma Membrane, Skin, and Brain -- NKX2.1, Thyroid, Pituitary, and Lung Pleiotropy -- The Phylogeny of the Thyroid -- An Evolutionary Vertical Integration of the Phylogeny and Ontogeny of the Thyroid -- A Retrospective Understanding of Evolution -- Denouement -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8 Wnt Signaling During Development -- Summary -- Introduction -- Role of Growth Factors in Alveolar Homeostasis -- The Kidney Glomerulus as a Homolog of the Lung Alveolus -- Pathologic Consequences of Failed Paracrine Signaling -- Reference |
| Summary |
Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5 The Cell as the Smallest Functional Unit of Biology/Physiology -- Summary -- In the Beginning -- The Advent of Multicellularity -- Evolution: Cellular Style -- The Water-Land Transition and Vertebrate Evolution -- The Cellular Approach to Evolution Is Predictive -- We Are Not Just in This Environment, We Are of It -- Bioethics Based on Evolutionary Ontology and Epistemology, Not Descriptive Phenotypes, and Genes -- The Theory of Everything (TOE) -- Coda -- References -- Chapter 6 Development of Tissues and Organs -- Summary -- Introduction |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Evolution of Endothermy/Homeothermy as Evidence for the Effect of Stress on Vertebrate Physiologic Evolution |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781118838310 |
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1118838319 |
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