Biochemical adaptation: Mechanism and process in physiological evolution

Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanism and Process in Physiological Evolution Hochachka, P. W., Somero, G. N.; Oxford University Press, 2002, 480 pp., ISBN 0-195-11702-6 (hardback), $80, ISBN 0-195-11703-4 (paperback), $40. This is an interesting book. Its aim is to provide an integrative review of knowledge in biochemistry from the viewpoint of the biologist interested in the synthetic analysis of the many data that have been found in biochemistry, particularly in the last two decades. The authors aim to integrate a wide range of information from fields such as metabolic regulation, genomics, or evolution. The major aim of the book is to find physiological implications from a wide set of data spread in the…