This book examines four examples of animal physiology that
illustrate emergent properties in whole organisms. The first
example shows how mammals coordinate the activity of all their
cells using a daily rhythm. The second case explains an apparent
contradiction that happens every time a woman gets pregnant and
delivers a healthy baby-how the immune system tolerates a foreign
tissue such as the fetus. The next case study in this book shows
how bodies regulate the amount of fat using a complex in-teraction
of proteins that function as a lipostat, a self-regulating fat
maintenance system. Finally, the book provides an understanding of
why some species live long lives while others die after very short
lives, and under what conditions each situation is favored. What is
evolutionarily adaptive about death? These four case studies
provide sufficient evidence to understand how animals regulate many
of their own metabolic functions.
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