比较生理学与生物化学：未来的挑战

Comparative physiology and biochemistry: challenges for the future.

Prosser C L

Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801.

Comp Biochem Physiol A Comp Physiol. 1989;93(2):309-12. doi: 10.1016/0300-9629(89)90042-x.

Abstract

Comparative physiology is distinguished from other types of physiology by treating the diversity of solutions of functional problems and by using kind of animal as a functional variable. 2. The strength of comparative physiology os its capacity to give some solutions to problems in basic biology. 3. Specific examples of subject areas to which comparative physiology contributes are: (a) mechanisms underlying evolution; (b) the nature of speciation; (c) comparative cognitive science, neural models for behavior; and (d) applications of molecular techniques to physiology of whole animals. 4. Applications continue in ecology, medicine and agriculture. 5. The breadth of the comparative approach to physiology has important philosophical implications.

摘要

比较生理学与其他生理学类型的区别在于，它研究功能问题解决方案的多样性，并将动物种类作为一个功能变量。2. 比较生理学的优势在于它有能力为基础生物学中的问题提供一些解决方案。3. 比较生理学所涉及的学科领域的具体例子有：（a）进化的潜在机制；（b）物种形成的本质；（c）比较认知科学、行为的神经模型；以及（d）分子技术在整个动物生理学中的应用。4. 其应用在生态学、医学和农业领域仍在继续。5. 生理学比较方法的广度具有重要的哲学意义。