Understanding Animal Functions

By Ekaaksh Deshpande
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Length10h 35m

About this audiobook

The illustrations in this book are created by “Team Educohack”. Understanding Animal Functions is an engaging and comprehensive textbook that incorporates major paradigms of animal physiology. This book is a harmonious blend of accurate information and clear explanations, slightly biased towards mammals, but also shining a light on other vertebrates and invertebrates like molluscs and arthropods. We follow a time-honored approach to bookmaking, ensuring pedagogical relevance. This textbook aligns with the academic curricula of various institutions and is targeted at graduate and undergraduate students and their instructors. The content integrates animal physiology with disciplines such as ecology, genetics, and evolutionary and molecular biology. We emphasize the importance of physiology in an animal’s life, discussing developments and processes like migration, endogenous rhythms, and adaptations to extreme conditions. The book excludes parasitism and pathological aspects to focus on these core topics. With its engaging narrative and illustrative visuals, Understanding Animal Functions enhances the learning experience, making complex concepts accessible and interesting.

Audiobook details

GenreScience and Nature, Education and Learning
Length10 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 3, 2025
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Preface
21 Animal Function and Ecological State
31.1 Introduction
41.2 Animal habits and their impact on the ecosystem
51.3 Animal functioning and its impact on the ecosystem
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61.4 Types of ecological relationship with organisms
71.4.1 Commensalism: Zero or Positive Interaction
81.4.2 Competition: The Double Negative Interactions
91.4.3 Amensalism: A negative / Zero Interaction
101.4.4 Predation: One Wins and One Loses
111.4.5 Mutualism: Everyone Wins
121.5 Conclusion
131.6 References
142 Building Blocks of Animal Physiology
152.1 Introduction
162.2 Structure of Molecules and Cells in Animal Physiology
172.2.1 Types of Molecules: Animal Physiology
182.2.2 Framework and Types of cells: Animal Physiology
192.3 Cell function
202.3.1 Regulation of Cell Function by Enzymes
212.3.2 Competitive and Noncompetitive Inhibition
222.3.3 Allosteric Inhibition and Activation
232.3.4 Cofactors and Co-enzymes
242.3.5 Enzyme Compartmentalization
252.4 Feedback Inhibition in Metabolic Pathways: 2.4.1 Conclusion
262.5 Reference
273 Genomics and Proteomics
283.1 Introduction
293.2 Genomic Approach
303.3 Proteomics Approach
313.4 Metabolomics
323.5 Conclusion
333.6 References
344 Epigenetics and its Role in Animal Physiology
354.1 Introduction
364.2 Physiological development
374.2.1 Apoptosis
384.2.2 Growth and Development
394.2.3 Neonatal
404.2.4 Infancy
414.2.5 Adolescence
424.2.6 Adulthood
434.2.7 Old Age
444.3 Epigenetics
454.3.1 Molecular Basis
464.3.2 DNA Damage
474.3.3 Techniques Used for studying Epigenetics
484.3.4 Development
494.3.5 Transgenerational
504.4 References

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