Quantitative steps in symbiogenesis and the evolution of homeostasis
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Symbiogenesis can repeat itself after specialization on particular assimilatory substrates. The structural biomass with a constant chemical composition can evolve in a varying environment if the parameters for the formation of products satisfy simple constraints. The quantitative aspects and delineate eight steps from two free- living interacting populations to a single fully integrated endosymbiotic one are discussed.
Publication Name: Biological Reviews
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1464-7931
Year: 2003
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Quantitative steps in the evolution of metabolic organization as specified by the Dynamic Energy Budget theory
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Studies reveal that the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory quantifies the metabolic organization of organisms on the basis of mechanistically inspired assumptions. The likely quantitative steps by which its various modules such as maintenance, storage dynamics, development, differentiation and life stages could have evolved since the beginning of life are presented.
Publication Name: Biological Reviews
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1464-7931
Year: 2007
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The thrifty phenotype as an adaptive maternal effect
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The role of maternal biology in offspring developmental trajectory is addressed, focusing on alternative adaptive processes of mother and offspring operating at different tempos. Three specific adaptive processes and their role in the etiology of thrifty phenotype theory concerning the adaptation of organisms to environmental niches are discussed.
Publication Name: Biological Reviews
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 1464-7931
Year: 2007
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