''Physiological and Biochemical Zoology'' is a

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published by the

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on behalf of the

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology is organized to integrate the many fields of specialization which occur in the broad field of biology.. The society was formed in 1902 as the American Society of Zoologists, through the merger of ...

. Traditionally, it has covered research on the

biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

, and

genetics Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.Hartl D, Jones E (2005) It is an important branch in biology because heredity is vital to organisms' evolution. Gregor Mendel, a Moravian Augustinian friar wor ...

of animals. A recent editorial change has expanded the scope to include life-history traits, comparative

biomechanics Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechanics. Biomechanics is a branch of ...

, and behavioral

endocrinology Endocrinology (from '' endocrine'' + '' -ology'') is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. It is also concerned with the integration of developmental event ...

, as well as a wider range of paper categories, including those related to educational outreach.Editorial http://www.press.uchicago.edu/dms/ucp/journals/announcements/PBZ_Theodore_Garland_Jr_Letter_from_the_Editor_8.1.14.pdf The current

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Theodore Garland, Jr. Theodore Garland Jr. (born 28 November 1956) is a biologist specializing in evolutionary physiology at the University of California, Riverside. Education Garland earned his B.S in zoology and M.S. in biology at the University of Nevada, Las Vega ...

(

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). Previous Editors include

Charles Manning Child Charles Manning Child (February 2, 1869 – December 19, 1954) was an American zoologist noted for his work on regeneration at the University of Chicago. Early life Child was born on February 2, 1869, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, to Charles Chauncy ...

Warder Clyde Allee Warder Clyde Allee (June 5, 1885 – March 18, 1955) was an American ecologist. He is recognized to be one of the great pioneers of American ecology. Schmidt, Karl Patterson. "Warder Allee: A Biographical Memoir", National Academy of Sciences. Was ...

, and Clifford Ladd Prosser. The journal was established in 1928 as ''Physiological Zoology'', obtaining its current name in 1999. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2019

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of 2.250.

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* {{Official website, http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/pbz University of Chicago Press academic journals Zoology journals Bimonthly journals English-language journals Publications established in 1928