Animal Physiology, 5th Edition

Comprehensive, contemporary, and engaging, Animal Physiology provides  evolutionary and ecological context to help students make connections  across all levels of physiological scale. One of the major challenges  instructors and students face in Animal Physiology is making connections  across levels of biological scale. Animal Physiology addresses this  challenge by providing ecological and evolutionary context to the study  of physiology at all levels of organization: genome, molecular biology,  biochemistry, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. Hill's  inclusion of ecology and evolution helps readers gain a holistic  perspective on animal function and sets Animal Physiology apart from  texts that focus more narrowly on physiology. Hill's Animal Physiology  is trusted by instructors and students because of its authoritative,  current, engaging, and lavishly illustrated presentation.