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Biology · Physiology

Comparative Physiology

A topic within Physiology, itself one of 11 topics in that field and part of Biology.

Reading on Comparative Physiology

2

2 works

Lecture1929

The Progress of Physiology

August Krogh

Argues that for almost every physiological question there exists some animal on which it can be most conveniently studied, and that choosing the right organism matters as much as any technique.

link checked 17 Sept 2026
FreeIntermediate
Book1975

Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment

Knut Schmidt-Nielsen

Compares how different animals solve the same physiological problems — water balance, temperature, oxygen supply — and treats the diversity of solutions as the actual subject of the field.

PaidIntermediate

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