Cellular-molecular approach to evolution has led to radical changes
in our understanding of biologic principles ranging from the Cell,
to the Life Cycle, Development, Homeostasis, Senescence/Aging,
Heterochrony, Pleiotropy, Phenotype, and perhaps the purpose of
life itself. Much of this new way of thinking about biology and
medicine emanates from experimental evidence for epigenetic
inheritance. This leads one to question whether our
unicellular state is the actual primary level of selection. One
particular system that is now recognized as being under the
auspices of epigenetic inheritance is the endocrine system, which
is conventionally thought to regulate physiologic homeostasis.
However, because the sex hormones play such a major role in
behaviors related to the acquisition of epigenetic data, and the
processing of such epigenetic data by the gonads during meiosis,
their role in the evolution of the organism become tractable. The
composite of the activities of the individual over the course of
its lifetime can now be understood causally, resulting from the
orchestration of its physiology by hormones, prenatally,
postnatally and during the aging process, across the entire life
span of the organism. Specific behaviors over the course of the
life cycle during childhood, adolescence, puberty, adulthood and
aging can now be understood mechanistically rather than merely as
milestones in the various stages of life. With the above
considerations in mind, this book presents the
cellular-evolutionary perspective towards the relationship of the
organism with its surroundings, human and non-human alike renders
biology and medicine a continuum instead of fragmented, un-related
anecdotes.
General
| Imprint: |
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
|
| Country of origin: |
Switzerland |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
John S. Torday
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
153 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2022 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-03-093693-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
3-03-093693-7 |
| Barcode: |
9783030936938 |
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