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Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model System to Study Protein Homeostasis in a Multicellular Organism
Published on: December 18, 2013
[Homeostatic mechanisms of biological systems: development homeostasis]
Abstract:
Homeostasis as an ability to maintain structural-functional parameters of the system at the required level is a basic characteristic for providing the stability of any biological system (from biosphere and separate ecosystems to communities, populations, and individuals). The study of homeostatic-mechanisms that provide the stability ofbiological systems is the main task for solving many theoretical and practical questions. The search for criteria of homeostasis estimation and study of homeostatic mechanism ratio at different levels are principally important in this direction. Estimation of the role of homeostatic mechanisms of the organism and population for providing the stability of biological systems of different levels when using the approach based on estimation of the population state from ontogenetic positions (population developmental biology) seems promising.
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