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Principles of Animal Design: The Optimization and Symmorphosis Debate International Conference on Comparative Physiology
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Principles of Animal Design: The Optimization and Symmorphosis Debate
International Conference on Comparative Physiology
In this book, eminent biologists discuss whether animals are designed according to the same rules that engineers use in building machines; namely that materials and energy are used economically while achieving a high level of performance. This is controversial because, although there is evidence for this idea, evolution tells us that animals are not 'engineered' but result by natural selection.
Marc Notes: Papers from the Twelfth International Conference on Comparative Physiology, held July 1, 1995, on Monte Verita above Ascona, Switzerland.; Includes bibliographical references and index."Review Quotes: ..."rich in examples of how functionally integrated systems provide evidence for or against the theory of symmorphosis. It is, moreover, a useful source of data for those interested in issues of constraint and optimization in animal design." Evolutionary AnthropologyReview Quotes: .,."rich in examples of how functionally integrated systems provide evidence for or against the theory of symmorphosis. It is, moreover, a useful source of data for those interested in issues of constraint and optimization in animal design." Evolutionary AnthropologyReview Quotes: ."..rich in examples of how functionally integrated systems provide evidence for or against the theory of symmorphosis. It is, moreover, a useful source of data for those interested in issues of constraint and optimization in animal design." Evolutionary AnthropologyBrief Description: The book, first published in 1998, discusses whether animals are designed according to the same rules that engineers use in building machines. Table of Contents: A Tribute to C. Richard Taylor Ewald R. Weibel and Liana Bolis; A life with animals: from cat to fish Liana Bolis; 1. Symmorphosis and optimization of biological design: introduction and questions Ewald R. Weibel; 2. How much structure is enough? Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Steven Vogel, Jared M. Diamond and R. McNeil Alexander; 3. Evolution of optimal systems Malcolm S. Gordon, Theodore Garland, Jr, Martin E. Feder and Robert E. Ricklefs; 4. Bone design and biomechanics Simon Maddrell, Pieter Dullemeijer, Andrew A. Biewener, Daniel E. Lieberman and Alfred W. Crompton; 5. Muscles and locomotion James W. Glasheen, Dirk Pette, Robert S. Staron, H. Lee Sweeney, Lawrence C. Rome, Thomas J. Roberts and Daniel Weihs; 6. Design of cells for metabolism Stan L. Lindstedt, Paul A. Srere, Peter W. Hochachka, Keven E. Conley and Raul K. Suarez; 7. Lungs and gills for gas exchange Pierre Dejours, Connie C. W. Hsia, John N. Maina, Edwin W. Taylor and David Randall; 8. Nutrient supply system Amiram Shkolnik, Kimberly A. Hammond, Ian D. Hume, Reinhold R. Hofmann and Wolfgang Wieser; 9. Integrative systems for oxygen and fuel delivery Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz, James H. Jones, Jean-Michel Weber, Hans Hoppeler, Yvon Le Maho and Mohamed Bnouham; 10. Design of nervous systems Richard D. Keynes, Simon B. Laughlin and Eviatar Nevo; 11. How good is best? Some afterthoughts on symmorphosis and optimization Ewald R. Weibel; Index. Review Quotes: ..".rich in examples of how functionally integrated systems provide evidence for or against the theory of symmorphosis. It is, moreover, a useful source of data for those interested in issues of constraint and optimization in animal design." Evolutionary Anthropology
Contributor Bio: Weibel, Ewald F Weibel-University of BernContributor Bio: Taylor, C Richard Taylor-Formerly of Harvard University
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 28, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521583701 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 336 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 235 × 27 mm · 642 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Bolis, Liana (Universita degli Studi di Milano) |
| Editor | Taylor, C. Richard |
| Editor | Weibel, Ewald R. (Universitat Bern, Switzerland) |
