Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Bioloxía

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Biochemical adaptation: basic mechanisms and strategies.	Biochemical adaptation. Basic mechanisms of the biochemical adaptation. The time of the biochemical adaptation.
Adaptive points of cellular metabolism.	Points of metabolic adaptation in glycolysis. Origin and phylogenetic distribution of the urea cycle. Adaptations of mitochondrial energy metabolism.
Adaptation of enzymes to metabolic functions.	Mechanisms of enzymatic regulation.
Molecular and metabolic adaptation to the physical-chemical factors of the marine environment: Adaptation to the limited oxygen availability.	Anaerobic metabolism of marine invertebrates. Anaerobic metabolism of marine vertebrates. Adaptation to hypoxia.
Molecular and metabolic adaptation to the physical-chemical factors of the marine environment: Adaptation to salinity.	Osmoregulation in aquatic organisms. Response regulation to osmotic shock.
Molecular and metabolic adaptation to the physical-chemical factors of the marine environment: Adaptation to temperature.	Compensatory mechanisms from poikilotherm organisms to temperature changes. Acclimatization mechanisms to temperature. Adaptation to ice.
Molecular and metabolic adaptation to the physical-chemical factors of the marine environment: Adaptation to pressure.	Effects of the hydrostatic pressure on the biological systems. Mechanisms of perception and compensation to the changes of pressure.