Symmorphosis
Symmorphosis
In biological organisms, symmorphosis is when a quantitative match of design and function within an organism defined within a functional system[1](Weibel, 1991). Symmorphosis was originally proposed by Ewald Weibel and Charles Taylor in 1981. A common form of testing symmorphosis between species of mammals is to use comparative biology. Recently, symmorphosis has received attention as it has been applied to the oxygen utilization in mammals.
Symmophosis in terms of the Respiratory System
Dudley, R., Gans, C. (1991). A Critique of Symmorphosis and Optimality Models of Physiology. Division of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. 64(3), 627-637.
Gifford, J., et al. (2015). Symmorphosis and Skeletal muscle VO2max: In vivoand in vitromeasures reveal differing constraints in the exercise-trained and untrained human. Journal of Physiological Society. 594(6).
Canals, M., Figueroa, D., Sabat, P. (2010). Symmorphosis in the proximal pathway for oxygen in the leaf-eared mouse Phyllotis darwini. Biological Research. 43(1). 75-81.
Research gate article book: oxygen to transport to tissues XVI also requested second article
- ^ Weibel, E., Taylor, C., Hoppeler, H. (1991). The concept of symmorphosis: A testable hypothesis of structure-function relationship. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 88(22), 10357-61.
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