From Structure To Information In Sensory Systems - Proceedings Of The International School Of Biophysics

This text presents a sequel on the topics of photoreception and phototransduction covered by the first volume in the series. It adds the analysis of two other modalities of sensory reception and transduction - chemical and mechanical, which are phylogenetically much older. This characterization results not in a succession of three different and uncorrelated moments, but in a fruitful confrontation between experts which usually act separately and in an integration between various particular knowledges. This approach highlights the two basic strategies common to different sensory modalities and specializations, and the ecological adaptions of each of them.