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Serpentine

The Evolution and Ecology of a Model System

Edición de Susan Harrison, Nishanta Rajakaruna ...

Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California. Results from molecular studies offer insight ... Leer más

$76.49 USD

Serpentine soils have long fascinated biologists for the specialized floras they support and the challenges they pose to plant survival and growth. This volume focuses on what scientists have learned about major questions in earth history, evolution, ecology, conservation, and restoration from the study of serpentine areas, especially in California. Results from molecular studies offer insight
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The Darwin Machine

How Directed Evolution Builds Chemistry Nature Never Invented

de Julian R. Ashmore ...

How do scientists make evolution happen on command—and use it to build molecules nature never invented? The Darwin Machine answers that question through one of modern biotechnology’s most powerful ideas: directed evolution. For curious general readers, it reveals how Darwin’s slow, blind process became a laboratory tool that can redesign enzymes, improve medicines, and reshape manufacturing, all ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

How do scientists make evolution happen on command—and use it to build molecules nature never invented? The Darwin Machine answers that question through one of modern biotechnology’s most powerful ideas: directed evolution. For curious general readers, it reveals how Darwin’s slow, blind process became a laboratory tool that can redesign enzymes, improve medicines, and reshape manufacturing, all
... Leer más
The Chimpanzees of Bossou and Nimba

Edición de Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Tatyana Humle, Yukimaru Sugiyama ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees’ flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

The chimpanzees of Bossou in Guinea, West Africa, form a unique community which displays an exceptional array of tool use behaviors and behavioral adaptations to coexistence with humans. This community of Pan troglodytes verus has contributed more than three decades of data to the field of cultural primatology, especially chimpanzees’ flexible use of stones to crack open nuts and of perishable
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Duane Jeffery

A Mormon Evolutionist

de Steven L. Peck ...

Series series Introductions to Mormon Thought
Controversy and strong official disfavor failed to shake Duane Jeffery’s tenacious efforts to fit the theory of evolution into the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Steven L. Peck traces Jeffery’s life from his rural upbringing and training as a geneticist through a career marked by conflict around his dedication to bring science into classrooms at Brigham Young ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

Controversy and strong official disfavor failed to shake Duane Jeffery’s tenacious efforts to fit the theory of evolution into the doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Steven L. Peck traces Jeffery’s life from his rural upbringing and training as a geneticist through a career marked by conflict around his dedication to bring science into classrooms at Brigham Young
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Phytopathogenic Bacteria

An Imminent Threat to Sustainable Food Production

de B. S. Thind ...

The field of Plant Bacteriology/Phytobacteriology is of great importance as it is rapidly changing and advancing due to recent advances in genomics and molecular plant bacteriology, as well as the global spread of bacterial plant diseases and the emergence of new bacterial plant pathogens. So, there is a need to integrate the understanding of bacterial taxonomy, genomics and basic plant ... Leer más

$233.99 USD

The field of Plant Bacteriology/Phytobacteriology is of great importance as it is rapidly changing and advancing due to recent advances in genomics and molecular plant bacteriology, as well as the global spread of bacterial plant diseases and the emergence of new bacterial plant pathogens. So, there is a need to integrate the understanding of bacterial taxonomy, genomics and basic plant
... Leer más
Animal Architects

Building and the Evolution of Intelligence

de Carol Grant Gould, James L Gould ...

Animal behavior has long been a battleground between the competing claims of nature and nurture, with the possible role of cognition in behavior as a recent addition to this debate. There is an untapped trove of behavioral data that can tell us a great deal about how the animals draw from these neural strategies: The structures animals build provide a superb window on the workings of the animal ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Animal behavior has long been a battleground between the competing claims of nature and nurture, with the possible role of cognition in behavior as a recent addition to this debate. There is an untapped trove of behavioral data that can tell us a great deal about how the animals draw from these neural strategies: The structures animals build provide a superb window on the workings of the animal
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Adaptarse o morir

Los secretos de la naturaleza para sobrevivir en el mundo animal

de Evelyn Segura ...

Series series Para curiosos
Nacer, crecer y reproducirse son tres de las etapas vitales por las que cualquier ser vivo debe transitar, para llegar dramáticamente a una cuarta: la muerte. A lo largo de este libro descubriremos como distintas especies han diseñado sus estrategias de supervivencia, a través de la selección natural y la evolución, para seguir jugando al ciclo de la vida. ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Nacer, crecer y reproducirse son tres de las etapas vitales por las que cualquier ser vivo debe transitar, para llegar dramáticamente a una cuarta: la muerte. A lo largo de este libro descubriremos como distintas especies han diseñado sus estrategias de supervivencia, a través de la selección natural y la evolución, para seguir jugando al ciclo de la vida.
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Evolution

The Origins and Mechanisms of Diversity

de Jonathan Bard ...

Evolution is the single unifying principle of biology and core to everything in the life sciences. More than a century of work by scientists from across the biological spectrum has produced a detailed history of life across the phyla and explained the mechanisms by which new species form.This textbook covers both this history and the mechanisms of speciation; it also aims to provide students with ... Leer más

$106.99 USD

Evolution is the single unifying principle of biology and core to everything in the life sciences. More than a century of work by scientists from across the biological spectrum has produced a detailed history of life across the phyla and explained the mechanisms by which new species form.This textbook covers both this history and the mechanisms of speciation; it also aims to provide students with
... Leer más
Echinoderm Morphological Disparity: Methods, Patterns, and Possibilities

de Bradley Deline ...

Series series Elements of Paleontology
The quantification of morphology through time is a vital tool in elucidating macroevolutionary patterns. Studies of disparity require intense effort but can provide insights beyond those gained using other methodologies. Over the last several decades, studies of disparity have proliferated, often using echinoderms as a model organism. Echinoderms have been used to study the methodology of ... Leer más

$20.49 USD

The quantification of morphology through time is a vital tool in elucidating macroevolutionary patterns. Studies of disparity require intense effort but can provide insights beyond those gained using other methodologies. Over the last several decades, studies of disparity have proliferated, often using echinoderms as a model organism. Echinoderms have been used to study the methodology of
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The universe remembers that you once came to

the post-life consciousness continuation integration theory

de YiHam ...

(This book is originally in Chinese and was translated into English using artificial intelligence. There may be grammatical errors. Please read with caution.)This book, centered on the "Integrated Theory of Post-Life Consciousness Survival," aims to explore one of the most challenging yet ethically significant issues in contemporary philosophy and science: the nature of consciousness and its ... Leer más

$1.30 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

(This book is originally in Chinese and was translated into English using artificial intelligence. There may be grammatical errors. Please read with caution.)This book, centered on the "Integrated Theory of Post-Life Consciousness Survival," aims to explore one of the most challenging yet ethically significant issues in contemporary philosophy and science: the nature of consciousness and its
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The Starch Wader Hypothesis

A Waterside Hypothesis of Human Evolution

de Joshua Seewald ...

Long before anyone had considered the principle of evolution of species, people had been wondering how we came to exist. In early days, explanations were simply fabricated, because there was no way to gather evidence of what had happened. As the evidence began to trickle in, new explanations began to replace the old ones, but not without controversy. They often accounted for evidence that old ... Leer más

$12.00 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Long before anyone had considered the principle of evolution of species, people had been wondering how we came to exist. In early days, explanations were simply fabricated, because there was no way to gather evidence of what had happened. As the evidence began to trickle in, new explanations began to replace the old ones, but not without controversy. They often accounted for evidence that old
... Leer más
Why and how the Mutants and Creators Will Inherit the Earth - and Beyond

A Visionary Manifesto for Humanity’s Next Evolutionary Leap

de Benjamin Katz ...

This book is not just a book. It is a testimony—an unflinchingaccount of the fatal flaws and deep shortcomings embedded inus, the species I call Homo Stupidligence, driven by a tribal, StoneAge brain ill-suited for the complexities of our modern world.It is, secondly, a manifesto-a bold vision of how we can transcendthis Matrix of Stupidligence by evolving our minds, our culture,and our ... Leer más

$3.99 USD

This book is not just a book. It is a testimony—an unflinchingaccount of the fatal flaws and deep shortcomings embedded inus, the species I call Homo Stupidligence, driven by a tribal, StoneAge brain ill-suited for the complexities of our modern world.It is, secondly, a manifesto-a bold vision of how we can transcendthis Matrix of Stupidligence by evolving our minds, our culture,and our
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Zic family

Evolution, Development and Disease

Edición de Jun Aruga ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of ZIC-family research. Part1 summarizes the ZIC family in animal evolution and development and presents an overall picture of the ZIC family gene structure in eumetazoan animals, providing an evolutionary hypothesis and reviewing the studies on the role of ZIC family proteins in developmental processes for each animal model. Part 2 shows that the ZIC ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

This book provides a comprehensive overview of ZIC-family research. Part1 summarizes the ZIC family in animal evolution and development and presents an overall picture of the ZIC family gene structure in eumetazoan animals, providing an evolutionary hypothesis and reviewing the studies on the role of ZIC family proteins in developmental processes for each animal model. Part 2 shows that the ZIC
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Viral Fitness and Evolution

Population Dynamics and Adaptive Mechanisms

Edición de Esteban Domingo, Peter Schuster, Santiago F. Elena, Celia Perales ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book unifies general concepts of plant and animal virus evolution and covers a broad range of topics related to theoretical and experimental aspects of virus population dynamics and viral fitness.Timely topics such as viral mechanisms to cope with antiviral agents, the adaptability of the virus to new hosts, emergence of new viral phenotypes, and the connections between short- and long-term ... Leer más

$170.09 USD

This book unifies general concepts of plant and animal virus evolution and covers a broad range of topics related to theoretical and experimental aspects of virus population dynamics and viral fitness.Timely topics such as viral mechanisms to cope with antiviral agents, the adaptability of the virus to new hosts, emergence of new viral phenotypes, and the connections between short- and long-term
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Evolution Unredacted

de Anab Whitehouse ...

What do you know about evolutionary theory? Or, maybe there are two questions here: (1) What do you think you know; (2) What do you actually know?Quite irrespective of whether individuals believe in evolution or they are opposed to it, most people probably would have to acknowledge that they know almost nothing at all about the actual nuts and bolts of the technical issues at the heart of ... Leer más

$11.95 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

What do you know about evolutionary theory? Or, maybe there are two questions here: (1) What do you think you know; (2) What do you actually know?Quite irrespective of whether individuals believe in evolution or they are opposed to it, most people probably would have to acknowledge that they know almost nothing at all about the actual nuts and bolts of the technical issues at the heart of
... Leer más
Identification and Control of Common Weeds: Volume 3

de Zhenghao Xu, Le Chang ...

This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds. In addition to essential information, each chapter includes photos for a specific type of weed to show its morphology in different growth periods, such as seedling, root, flower, fruit, and mature plant. The book also discusses control measures, including agricultural, chemical, physical, biological, and comprehensive methods. The Volume 3 ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

This book introduces readers to nearly 600 common weeds. In addition to essential information, each chapter includes photos for a specific type of weed to show its morphology in different growth periods, such as seedling, root, flower, fruit, and mature plant. The book also discusses control measures, including agricultural, chemical, physical, biological, and comprehensive methods. The Volume 3
... Leer más
Chromosome Botany

de Archana Sharma, Sumitra Sen ...

The book covers both the basics of plant chromosomes as well as advances such as molecular characteristics, to give the reader an understanding of the chromosome as vehicle of hereditary transmission. It is meant for all levels of students in genetics, evolution, and biodiversity. ... Leer más

$58.99 USD

The book covers both the basics of plant chromosomes as well as advances such as molecular characteristics, to give the reader an understanding of the chromosome as vehicle of hereditary transmission. It is meant for all levels of students in genetics, evolution, and biodiversity.
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High Altitude Primates

Edición de Alicia Krzton, Nanda B. Grow, Sharon Gursky-Doyen ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates, especially in comparison to lowland populations. Historically, the majority of primate studies have focused on lowland populations. However, as the lowlands have been disappearing, more and more primatologists have begun studying ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

The basic goal of the volume is to compile the most up to date research on how high altitude affects the behavior, ecology, evolution and conservation status of primates, especially in comparison to lowland populations. Historically, the majority of primate studies have focused on lowland populations. However, as the lowlands have been disappearing, more and more primatologists have begun studying
... Leer más
Astrobiology and Cuatro Ciénegas Basin as an Analog of Early Earth

Edición de Valeria Souza, Antígona Segura, Jamie S. Foster ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Astrobiology not only investigates how early life took hold of our planet but also life on other planets – both in our Solar System and beyond – and their potential for habitability. The book take readers from the scars on planetary surfaces made by space rocks to the history of the Solar System narrated by those space rocks as well as exoplanets in other planetary systems. But the true question ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

Astrobiology not only investigates how early life took hold of our planet but also life on other planets – both in our Solar System and beyond – and their potential for habitability. The book take readers from the scars on planetary surfaces made by space rocks to the history of the Solar System narrated by those space rocks as well as exoplanets in other planetary systems. But the true question
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Plant Geography of Chile

de Andres Moreira-Munoz ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The first and so far only Plant Geography of Chile was written about 100 years ago, since when many things have changed: plants have been renamed and reclassified; taxonomy and systematics have experienced deep changes as have biology, geography, and biogeography. The time is therefore ripe for a new look at Chile’s plants and their distribution.Focusing on three key issues – botany/systematics, ... Leer más

$242.09 USD

The first and so far only Plant Geography of Chile was written about 100 years ago, since when many things have changed: plants have been renamed and reclassified; taxonomy and systematics have experienced deep changes as have biology, geography, and biogeography. The time is therefore ripe for a new look at Chile’s plants and their distribution.Focusing on three key issues – botany/systematics,
... Leer más
Evolution (Routledge Revivals)

de F. B. Jevons ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1900, this philosophical essay on Evolution questions how the acceptance of Evolution as scientific should influence the thoughts and actions of humankind from the perspective of morality and moral conduct. In his discussion, Frank B. Jevons deals with such subjects as pessimism and optimism towards evolutionary theory, the laws of motion and matter, and the importance of ... Leer más

$33.99 USD

First published in 1900, this philosophical essay on Evolution questions how the acceptance of Evolution as scientific should influence the thoughts and actions of humankind from the perspective of morality and moral conduct. In his discussion, Frank B. Jevons deals with such subjects as pessimism and optimism towards evolutionary theory, the laws of motion and matter, and the importance of
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Modelling Natural Action Selection

Edición de Anil K. Seth, Tony J. Prescott, Joanna J. Bryson ...

Action selection is the task of doing the right thing at the right time. It requires the assessment of available alternatives, executing those most appropriate, and resolving conflicts among competing goals and possibilities. Using advanced computational modelling, this book explores cutting-edge research into action selection in nature from a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to ... Leer más

$186.99 USD

Action selection is the task of doing the right thing at the right time. It requires the assessment of available alternatives, executing those most appropriate, and resolving conflicts among competing goals and possibilities. Using advanced computational modelling, this book explores cutting-edge research into action selection in nature from a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to
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Dietary Chinese Herbs

Chemistry, Pharmacology and Clinical Evidence

Edición de Yanze Liu, Zhimin Wang, Junzeng Zhang ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
This work presents up-to-date information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical uses of common dietary Chinese herbs. Authored by native experts in the field, the reader is introduced to each herb with a brief chronological review of Chinese literature on dietary herb uses, with chapters dedicated to each selected herb including color photos for each herb. In addition, ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

This work presents up-to-date information on chemical, pharmacological, clinical studies and historical uses of common dietary Chinese herbs. Authored by native experts in the field, the reader is introduced to each herb with a brief chronological review of Chinese literature on dietary herb uses, with chapters dedicated to each selected herb including color photos for each herb. In addition,
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The Swallowed Spark

How an Ancient Bacterial Merger Forged All Complex Life

de Dr. Elise M. Thornton ...

Imagine a world without plants, animals, or fungi, populated entirely by microscopic sludge. Why did life on Earth leap from simple bacteria to towering redwoods and conscious humans? For curious readers fascinated by evolution and the hidden machinery of biology, this book answers the ultimate origin question. It reveals how a single, highly improbable cellular accident deep in our planetary past ... Leer más

$6.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Imagine a world without plants, animals, or fungi, populated entirely by microscopic sludge. Why did life on Earth leap from simple bacteria to towering redwoods and conscious humans? For curious readers fascinated by evolution and the hidden machinery of biology, this book answers the ultimate origin question. It reveals how a single, highly improbable cellular accident deep in our planetary past
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