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  • Extremophiles

    From Biology to Biotechnology

    Edited by Ravi V. Durvasula, D. V. Subba Rao ...
    Highly recommended by CHOICE, Oct 2018Extremophiles are nature’s ultimate survivors, thriving in environments ranging from the frozen Antarctic to abyssal hot hydrothermal vents. Their lifeforms span bacteria to fishes, and are categorized as halophiles from hypersaline environments, acidophiles from acidic waters, psychrophiles from cold habitats, and thermophiles from warm waters. Extremophiles: ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

  • Pathogenesis of Leishmaniasis

    New Developments in Research

    Edited by Abhay Satoskar, Ravi Durvasula ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book discusses recent developments in several laboratories studying leishmaniasis. Sequencing of the human genome, as well as of the leishmania genome, has led to significant advances in our understanding of host-immune responses against leishmania, and mechanisms of infection-induced pathology, which is responsible for morbidity and mortality. Pathogenesis of Leishmaniasis focuses on the ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Dynamic Models of Infectious Diseases

    Volume 2: Non Vector-Borne Diseases

    Edited by Ravi Durvasula, V. Sree Hari Rao ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Though great advances in public health are witnessed world over in recent years, infectious diseases, besides insect vector-borne infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Control of the epidemics caused by the non-vector borne diseases such as tuberculosis, avian influenza (H5N1) and cryptococcus gattii, have left a very little hope in the past. The advancement of ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Dynamic Models of Infectious Diseases

    Volume 1: Vector-Borne Diseases

    Edited by Vadrevu Sree Hari Rao, Ravi Durvasula ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Despite great advances in public health worldwide, insect vector-borne infectious diseases remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Diseases that are transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, sand flies, fleas, and ticks affect hundreds of millions of people and account for nearly three million deaths all over the world. In the past there was very little hope of controlling the ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Transgenic Insects

    Techniques and Applications

    by Hassan M. M. Ahmed, Omar S. Akbar, Serap Aksoy, Yehonatan Alcalay, Luke Alphey, Yael Arien, Rotem Daniel Avraham, Camilla Beech, Nicholas J. Bongio, Vanessa Bottino-Rojas, L. Roman Carrasco, Lucy Carter, Jackson Champer, Isabelle Coche, Carolina Concha, Rocco D’Amato, Brinda Dass, Jason A. Delborne, Ellen M. Dotson, Ravi V. Durvasula, Matthew P. Edgington, Claudia Emerson, Guido Favia, Adam P. Forshaw, Alexander W.E. Franz, Marisa L. Guido, Monika Gulia-Nuss, Daniella An Haber, Andrew Hammond, Alfred M. Handler, Keith R. Hayes, Ivy Hurwitz, Anthony A. James, Thomas P. Kelly, Nicole Klein, Ana Kormos, Lee Benjamin Lamdan, David J. Lampe, Rosemary S. Lees, Maria Vittoria Mancini, Aditi Mankad, John Mumford, Tony Nolan, Andrew Nuss, David A. O’Brochta, Riccardo Papa, Philippos Aris Papathanos, Michael Pham, Ricardo Pereira, Megan Quinlan, Robyn Raban, Jason L. Rasgon, Aaron Roberts, Yasha Rohwer, Nathan Rose, Marc F. Schetelig, Kristof De Schutter, Hideki Sezutsu, Arvind Sharma, Gregory S. Simmons, Guy Smagghe, Toshiki Tamura, Delphine Thizy, Lea Pare Toe, Brian L. Weiss, Ernst A. Wimmer, Liu Yang ...
    Series series CABI Biotechnology Series
    Technology for modifying the genotypes and phenotypes of insects and other arthropods has steadily progressed with the development of more precise and powerful methods, most prominently transgenic modification. For many insect pests, there is now almost unlimited ability to modify phenotypes to benefit human health and agriculture. Precise DNA modifications and gene drive have the power to make ... Read more

    $244.99 CAD

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    by Osama M. Ouda, Mohamed Helmy, Sara El-Metwally ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The introduction of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies resulted in a major transformation in the way scientists extract genetic information from biological systems, revealing limitless insight about the genome, transcriptome and epigenome of any species. However, with NGS, came its own challenges that require continuous development in the sequencing technologies and bioinformatics ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • First in Fly

    Drosophila Research and Biological Discovery

    by Stephanie Elizabeth Mohr ...
    A single species of fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has been the subject of scientific research for more than one hundred years. Why does this tiny insect merit such intense scrutiny?Drosophila’s importance as a research organism began with its short life cycle, ability to reproduce in large numbers, and easy-to-see mutant phenotypes. Over time, laboratory investigation revealed surprising ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases

    Edited by Michel Tibayrenc ...
    Genetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases is at the crossroads between two major scientific fields of the 21st century: evolutionary biology and infectious diseases. The genomic revolution has upset modern biology and has revolutionized our approach to ancient disciplines such as evolutionary studies. In particular, this revolution is profoundly changing our view on genetically driven human ... Read more

    $136.79 CAD

  • Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

    Prospects for the 21st Century

    Edited by Arie Altman, Paul Michael Hasegawa ...
    As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying ... Read more

    $183.19 CAD

  • Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I

    Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches

    by Frans J. de Bruijn ...
    The premiere two-volume reference on revelations from studying complex microbial communities in many distinct habitatsMetagenomics is an emerging field that has changed the way microbiologists study microorganisms. It involves the genomic analysis of microorganisms by extraction and cloning of DNA from a group of microorganisms, or the direct use of the purified DNA or RNA for sequencing, which ... Read more

    $393.99 CAD

  • Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants

    Edited by Hitoshi Sawada, Naokazu Inoue, Megumi Iwano ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mechanisms of Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants, where many plant and animal reproductive biologists gathered to discuss their recent progress in investigating the shared mechanisms and factors involved in sexual reproduction. This now is the first book that reviews recent progress in almost all fields of plant and ... Read more

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  • Studies in Viral Ecology, Volume 1

    Microbial and Botanical Host Systems

    Edited by Christon J. Hurst ...
    This book explains the ecology of viruses by examining their interactive dynamics with their hosting species (in this volume, in microbes and plants), including the types of transmission cycles that viruses have evolved encompassing principal and alternate hosts, vehicles, and vectoring species. Examining virology from an organismal biology approach and focusing on the concept that viral ... Read more

    $197.99 CAD