| Transport Processes, Iono- And Osmoregulation: Current Comparative Approaches Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Gilles, R. (Editor), Gilles-Baillien, M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3642706150 ISBN-13: 9783642706158 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biochemistry - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Science | Life Sciences - Cell Biology |
| Dewey: 574.875 |
| Series: Proceedings in Life Sciences |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.76 lbs) 483 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume is one of those published from the proceedings of the invited lectures to the First International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry I organized at Liege (Belgium) in August 1984 under the auspices of the Section of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry of the International Union of Biological Sciences. In a general foreword to these different volumes, it seems to me appropriate to consider briefly what may be the comparative approach. Living organisms, beyond the diversity of their morphological forms, have evolved a widespread range of basic solutions to cope with the different problems, both organismal and environmental with which they are faced. Soon after the turn of the century, some biologists realized that these solutions can be best comprehended in the frame- work of a comparative approach integrating results of physiological and biochemical studies done at the organismic, cellular and molecular levels. The development of this approach amongst both physiologists and biochemists remained, however, extremely slow until recently. |