The evolutionary web of life [electronic resource] / John Torday.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Evolution and medicine: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2014Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (30 min.) : color, sound)Subject(s): Molecular evolution | Molecular genetics | Pathology, Molecular | Aging | Biological Evolution | Brain -- pathology | Brain -- physiology | Developmental Biology | Evolution, Molecular | Homeostasis | Lung -- pathology | Lung -- physiology | Pathologic Processes | Phylogeny | Skin -- pathology | Skin -- physiologyOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Rationale for homeostatic change as evolution -- Historic perspective on homeostasis -- Lung surfactant as a molecular fossil -- Evolution (ontogeny + phylogeny + homeostasis) -- Molecular evolutionary fossils -- Homology of skin and lung cell physiology -- Lung-skin-brain homology -- Trojan horse effect and asthma -- Homology of alveolus and glomerulus -- Fluid distension and mechanotransduction -- Evolutionary permutations and combinations -- Aging as the inverse of development -- Foregut plasticity -- Evolutionary biology inconsistencies & paradoxes -- The unicellular bauplan -- Pleiotropy and evolution -- From unicellular to multicellular organisms -- Evolution of whole animal physiology -- Alveolar homeostasis -- Phylogenetic parallelisms.
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