BIOL 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Positive Feedback, Environmental Factor, Negative Feedback
13 Sep 2017
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Bio 339 lecture 2 (september 12th): introduction to comparative physiology. 4 unifying themes: 1) physiology is integrative, you can come into physiology with all different kinds of backgrounds as in the end everything is put together and looked at as a whole, animal phys. Is the study of how animals work so therefore it is studied at every biological level organization, from molecular ecosystem. It is at it(cid:859)s (cid:271)est (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g all the le(cid:448)els of o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)ization: 2 conflicting ideologies: reductionism vs. Emergence: reductionism: is when you look at the pieces to understand the whole, ex. Regulation of the thermogenin gene to understand control of nonshivering thermogenesis: emergence: is the realization that the whole is more than the sum of the pieces, ex. The effects of the gut microbiome on cardiovascular health: traditional vs. Comparative physiologists: traditional: study processes to better understand the human condition (ex. Thermal energy (chem) sweating and shivering etc: ex.
