Guia docente 2016_17
Facultade de Bioloxía
Máster Universitario en Bioloxía Mariña
 Subjects
  Molecular Basis of Adaptation to the Marine Environment
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Biochemical adaptation: basic mechanisms and strategies.
Biochemical adaptation. Basic mechanisms of the biochemical adaptation. The time of the biochemical adaptation.
Design 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. The enzymes like protective elements.
Adaptation to the limited oxygen availability.
Anaerobic metabolism of marine invertebrates. Anaerobic metabolism of marine vertebrates. Adaptation to hypoxia.


Adaptation to salinity.
Osmoregulation in aquatic organisms. Response regulation to osmotic shock.


Adaptation to temperature.
Compensatory mechanisms from poikilotherm organisms to temperature changes. Acclimatization mechanisms to temperature. Adaptation to ice.
Adaptation to pressure.
Effects of the hydrostatic pressure on the biological systems. Mechanisms of perception and compensation to the changes of pressure.
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