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Evolution and Senses
Shichida, Yoshinori; Yamashita, Takahiro; Imai, Hiroo; Kishida, Takushi
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This book focuses on sensing and the evolution of animals. Using the five senses (visual, auditory, and olfactory perception, and taste and touch), animals can receive environmental stimuli and respond to them. Changes in these sensitivities might cause changes in aspects of animals’ lives such as habitat, activity timing, and diet—and vice versa. Recent advances in genome and molecular analysis enable us to investigate certain changes in the receptors or mechanisms involved in sensing and provide clues for understanding the evolution of animals related to those changes. The first chapter deals with the molecular evolution of opsins. In addition to ... Read more
This book focuses on sensing and the evolution of animals. Using the five senses (visual, auditory, and olfactory perception, and taste and touch), animals can receive environmental stimuli and respond to them. Changes in these sensitivities might cause changes in aspects of animals’ lives such as habitat, activity timing, and diet—and vice versa. Recent advances in genome and molecular analysis enable us to investigate certain changes in the receptors or mechanisms involved in sensing and provide clues for understanding the evolution of animals related to those changes. The first chapter deals with the molecular evolution of opsins. In addition to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
Number of Pages
46
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431542216
SKU
V9784431542216
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Ref
99-15
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