Schlagwort(e):
Adaptation (Biology).
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Electronic books.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
Seiten:
1 online resource (57 pages)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9784431542223
Serie:
SpringerBriefs in Biology Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=1206380
DDC:
591.38
Sprache:
Englisch
Anmerkung:
Intro -- Evolution and Senses -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Molecular Aspects of Evolution and Diversity of Animal Photoreception -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Visual Pigments and Signal Transduction Cascades in Vertebrates -- 1.2.1 Vertebrate Visual Cells and Visual Pigments -- 1.2.2 Comparison of Rod and Cone Visual Pigments -- 1.2.3 Ascidian Opsin -- 1.3 Visual Pigments and Signal Transduction Cascades in Invertebrates -- 1.3.1 Signal Transduction in Rhabdomeric Visual Cells -- 1.3.2 Signal Transduction in Invertebrate Ciliary Visual Cells -- 1.4 Non-visual Opsins and Signal Transduction Cascades -- 1.4.1 A Variety of Non-visual Opsins -- 1.4.2 Photoisomerases -- 1.4.3 Vertebrate Non-visual Opsins -- 1.4.4 Opn4 (Melanopsin) -- 1.4.5 Opn3 (Encephalopsin, Panopsin) -- 1.4.6 Opn5 (Neuropsin) -- 1.5 Diversity of the Molecular Properties of Opsins -- 1.5.1 Diversity of Counterion -- 1.5.2 Diversity of Photoreaction Process and Active State Stability -- 1.5.3 Diversity of Binding Retinal Isomers -- 1.6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 2: Bitter Taste Receptors of Primates -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Analysis of Bitter Taste Receptor Sequences -- 2.3 Population Genetics of Chimpanzee TAS2Rs -- 2.4 Genomic and Behavioral Analysis of Japanese Macaque TAS2Rs -- 2.5 Taste and Feeding Behaviors in Primate Species -- References -- Chapter 3: Aquatic Adaptation and the Evolution of the Loss of Olfaction in Amniotes -- 3.1 Introduction: Back to the Place Where Vertebrates Originated -- 3.2 Olfaction in Cetaceans -- 3.3 Olfaction in Sea Snakes -- 3.4 General Discussion -- References.
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