Comparative Developmental Physiology: Contributions, Tools, and Trends

by Stephen J. Warburton (Editor), Warren W. Burggren (Editor), Bernd Pelster (Editor), Carl L. Reiber (Editor), John Spicer (Editor)

Overview

Comparative developmental physiology is a growing discipline examining a diversity of organisms as they transform from single cells to mature, reproductive individuals. This collection of original, innovative essays emerged from a Roundtable on Comparative Developmental Physiology held in Glen Rose, Texas in the summer of 2002. This meeting brought together investigators studying the physiology of developing animals in an effort to identify the field's potential contributions to biology. The participants honed in on common emerging themes and future goals, which are reflected in the chapters within. The nascent community of comparative developmental physiologists was challenged to amplify the power of data collection and tool development by focusing on a few select model organisms, while still employing the power of the broader, more traditional comparative approach. Evolution has provided comparative developmental physiologists with remarkable biological diversity, which they have used to investigate a broad range of questions critical for understanding how life works. This goes beyond the basic nuts and bolts of cellular mechanisms to the functional whole, from the mechanistic level to behavior within and between organisms. The union of developmental biology with the breadth of comparative physiology holds much promise for a deeper understanding of evolutionary processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198037699
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/02/2006
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Northern Arizona University

University of North Texas

Institute for Zoology and Limnology

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Plymouth

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Pulmonary Surfactant, Cell Culture and Tissue Regeneration as Models for Understanding the Evolution of Developmental Physiology, Christopher B. Daniels and Sandra Orgeig2. In Vivo and Functional Imaging in Developmental Physiology, Elizabeth L. Brainerd and Melina E. Hale3. Models for Embryonic Respiration, Roger S. Seymour and Craig R. White4. Physiology, Development, Genetics and the Evolution of Pheno-typic Plasticity: Studies with Butterfly Eyespots, Paul M. Brakefield5. The Role of Developmental Plasticity in Comparative Physiology: Mechanism and Process, Kimberly A. Hammond, Richard A. Cardullo and Cameron K. Ghalambor6. The Physiological Basis for Metabolic Scaling In Animals: A Developing Perspective, Ione Hunt von Herbing7. Developmental Costs and the Partitioning of Metabolic Energy, Peter Rombough8. Temperature-Induced Developmental Plasticity In Ectotherms, Ian A. Johnston and Robbie S. Wilson9. Developmental Physiology: Its Importance For Environmental Conservation And Biomedical Research, Bernd Pelster and Thorsten Schwerte10. Practical Applications Derived from Basic Developmental Studies, Bradley B. Keller11. Sciomics: Community/Model Organism-Based And Individualistic Research Strategies For Comparative Animal Developmental Physiology, Martin E. Feder12. Complexity Change During Physiological Development, Warren Burggren13. A Physiological Approach to Heterochrony, John I. SpicerIndex