The Role of Organismal Oxidative Stress in the Ecology and Life-History Evolution of Animals (Fascinating Life Sciences)

by: David Costantini (Author)

Publisher: Springer

Edition: 2024th

Publication Date: 2024/9/10

Language: English

Print Length: 434 pages

ISBN-10: 3031651820

ISBN-13: 9783031651823

Book Description

This book illustrates the role of cellular oxidative stress as one of the most important physiological coerstones in the evolution of biodiversity. The first part of the book provides the fundamentals to navigate the field and analyse the cross-talk between oxidative status homeostasis and other fundamental organismal functions, such as immunity and stress physiology. The second part of the book argues that oxidative stress underpins the astonishing diversity of adaptations to the environments and the evolution of life-history strategies, from growth to reproduction. Unravelling the (un)expected ways through which the need of regulating the organismal oxidative status has influenced the evolution of life, this book presents a novel integrative way of thinking about how a cellular mechanism has shaped the evolution of life and death.

About the Author

This book illustrates the role of cellular oxidative stress as one of the most important physiological coerstones in the evolution of biodiversity. The first part of the book provides the fundamentals to navigate the field and analyse the cross-talk between oxidative status homeostasis and other fundamental organismal functions, such as immunity and stress physiology. The second part of the book argues that oxidative stress underpins the astonishing diversity of adaptations to the environments and the evolution of life-history strategies, from growth to reproduction. Unravelling the (un)expected ways through which the need of regulating the organismal oxidative status has influenced the evolution of life, this book presents a novel integrative way of thinking about how a cellular mechanism has shaped the evolution of life and death.