Evolutionary Physiology: History, Principles

Micropuncture study of ion and water reabsorption regulation range in the distal tubule of triton nephron

“…1, d) in view of known relation of transport of these ions with Mg 2+ secretion in the kidney of marine bony fishes and migratory fishes [10]. Our previous experiments showed that the increase in secretion of Mg 2+ in fish nephron is accompanied by an equimolar increase in reabsorption of Na + [10]. The higher is Na + absorption, the higher is the amount of Mg 2+ transported by tubular cells from the lumen to blood (p<0.05), i.e.…”

From archebiosis to evolution of organisms and informational systems

“…The key point here is answering the question about the first stage of a living object (Noble and Boyd, 1993). As it is a cell, and not its elements, that gives adaptable progeny, we assume that a proto-cell was a first-stage living being that had to be self-sufficient, independent, and protected by a membrane.…”

“…There is a growing interest in bio-evolutionary perspectives on the mechanisms that underlie the complexity of human behaviour and language evolution (cf. Natochin and Chernigovskaya, 1997;Givón and Malle, 2002;Hauser, Chomsky and Fitch, 2002;Dahl, 2009;Cartmill et al, 2014). The main features outlined are graduality, structural differentiation, and adaptivity.…”

Perspectives on non-target site mechanisms of herbicide resistance in weedy plant species using evolutionary physiology

“…To have a better understanding of the physiological functions involved in mechanisms of herbicide resistance, more needs to be known about their origin and development ( Feder et al 2000 ). Although evolutionary physiology has been successfully used in human, animal and plant science ( Natochin and Chernigovskaya 1997 ; Feder et al 2000 ), this biological approach to study evolution of resistance to herbicides has not received much attention. The objective of this paper is to outline some perspectives regarding the evolutionary physiology of non-target site mechanisms of herbicide resistance and to suggest directions for future studies.…”