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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/04%3A_Adaptations_to_the_Physical_Environment/4.02%3A_Strategies_for_dealing_with_a_changing_environmentMany adaptations allow organisms to contend with changes in their environment. Two broad strategies for dealing with change are to conform or regulate. Conforming is when an organism allows their in...Many adaptations allow organisms to contend with changes in their environment. Two broad strategies for dealing with change are to conform or regulate. Conforming is when an organism allows their internal environment to fluctuate with the external environment. Regulating is when an organism attempts to regulate or maintain a constant internal environment despite any environmental fluctuations. Both approaches have procs and cons, leading to the diversity of organisms we see on earth.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/Gettysburg_College/01%3A_Ecology_for_All/04%3A_Adaptations_to_the_Physical_Environment/4.04%3A_Physiological_optima_and_critical_limitsAn adaptation is a trait that has evolved through via natural selection, and maintains or increases the fitness of an organism under a given set of environmental conditions. This concept is central to...An adaptation is a trait that has evolved through via natural selection, and maintains or increases the fitness of an organism under a given set of environmental conditions. This concept is central to ecology: the study of adaptation is the study of the evolutionary relationship between organisms and their environment.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Workbench/General_Ecology_Ecology/Chapter_4%3A_Adaptations_to_the_Physical_Environment/4.2%3A_Strategies_for_dealing_with_a_changing_environmentHumans who migrate permanently to a higher altitude naturally acclimatize to their new environment by developing an increase in the number of red blood cells to increase the oxygen carrying capacity o...Humans who migrate permanently to a higher altitude naturally acclimatize to their new environment by developing an increase in the number of red blood cells to increase the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, in order to compensate for lower levels of oxygen intake.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Biochemistry/Fundamentals_of_Biochemistry_(Jakubowski_and_Flatt)/01%3A_Unit_I-_Structure_and_Catalysis/04%3A_The_Three-Dimensional_Structure_of_Proteins/4.08%3A_Protein_Folding_and_Unfolding_(Denaturation)_-_DynamicsThis page provides a comprehensive overview of protein folding, detailing the processes involved, such as thermodynamics driving Gibbs free energy changes, kinetics of folding pathways, and the transi...This page provides a comprehensive overview of protein folding, detailing the processes involved, such as thermodynamics driving Gibbs free energy changes, kinetics of folding pathways, and the transition between native, intermediate, and denatured states. It discusses factors influencing protein denaturation, including temperature and chemical denaturants, and the role of molecular chaperones in assisting folding.
