Comparative Developmental Physiology Contributions, Tools, and Trends

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

• ISBN13: 9780195168600
• ISBN10: 0195168607
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-02
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Introduction	xiii
Pulmonary Surfactant, Cell Culture, and Tissue Regeneration as Models for Understanding the Evolution of Developmental Physiology	3	(18)
Christopher B. Daniels
Sandra Orgeig
In Vivo and Functional Imaging in Developmental Physiology	21	(20)
Elizabeth L. Brainerd
Melina E. Hale
Models for Embryonic Respiration	41	(17)
Roger S. Seymour
Craig R. White
Physiology, Development, Genetics, and the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity: Studies with Butterfly Eyespots	58	(13)
Paul M. Brakefield
The Role of Developmental Plasticity in Comparative Physiology: Mechanism and Process	71	(12)
Kimberly A. Hammond
Richard A. Cardullo
Cameron K. Ghalambor
The Physiological Basis for Metabolic Scaling in Animals: A Developing Perspective	83	(16)
Ione Hunt von Herbing
Developmental Costs and the Partitioning of Metabolic Energy	99	(25)
Peter Rombough
Temperature-Induced Developmental Plasticity in Ectotherms	124	(15)
Ian A. Johnston
Robbie S. Wilson
Developmental Physiology: Its Importance for Environmental Conservation and Biomedical Research	139	(9)
Bernd Pelster
Thorsten Schwerte
Practical Applications Derived from Basic Developmental Studies	148	(13)
Bradley B. Keller
Sciomics: Community/Model Organism-Based and Individualistic Research Strategies for Comparative Animal Developmental Physiology	161	(13)
Martin E. Feder
Complexity Change during Physiological Development	174	(17)
Warren W. Burggren
A Physiological Approach to Heterochrony	191	(12)
John I. Spicer
Index	203