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The Dynamic Genome

A Darwinian Approach

by Antonio Fontdevila ...

Our ever-increasing knowledge of whole genome sequences is unveiling a variety of structures and mechanisms that impinge on current evolutionary theory. The origin of species, the evolution of form, and the evolutionary impact of transposable elements are just a few of the many processes that have been revolutionised by ongoing genome studies. These novelties, among others, are examined in this ... Read more

$109.99 CAD

Our ever-increasing knowledge of whole genome sequences is unveiling a variety of structures and mechanisms that impinge on current evolutionary theory. The origin of species, the evolution of form, and the evolutionary impact of transposable elements are just a few of the many processes that have been revolutionised by ongoing genome studies. These novelties, among others, are examined in this
... Read more
Ways of Nature

How the Trails of Life Expose the Universe

by Pany Decossard ...

In Ways of Nature, Dr. Décossard articulates the first theory of evolution since Darwin. By his own account, he stumbled upon his proposed mechanism of eukaryogenesis using a process worthy of the three princes of Serendip. From there, he succeeded in establishing a comprehensive theory of life and the universe. For instance, we learn that a new paradigm, called “ the seeds-first theory,” explains ... Read more

$14.08 CAD

In Ways of Nature, Dr. Décossard articulates the first theory of evolution since Darwin. By his own account, he stumbled upon his proposed mechanism of eukaryogenesis using a process worthy of the three princes of Serendip. From there, he succeeded in establishing a comprehensive theory of life and the universe. For instance, we learn that a new paradigm, called “ the seeds-first theory,” explains
... Read more
In Search of Human Evolution

Field Research in Diverse Environments

by Michael H. Crawford ...

Why would a researcher be willing to subject themselves to scorching heat, frigid conditions, or swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes? For author Michael H. Crawford, the answer is clear. Field research in anthropological genetics helps us answer several basic, universal questions. Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? In Search of Human Evolution synthesizes more than 50 years of ... Read more

$95.99 CAD

Why would a researcher be willing to subject themselves to scorching heat, frigid conditions, or swarms of Anopheles mosquitoes? For author Michael H. Crawford, the answer is clear. Field research in anthropological genetics helps us answer several basic, universal questions. Who are we? Where did we come from? How did we get here? In Search of Human Evolution synthesizes more than 50 years of
... Read more
Our Animal Connection

What Sapiens Can Learn from Other Species

by Michael Hehenberger, Zhi Xia ...

This book covers the many ways humans benefit from interactions with other living species. By studying animals of all kinds and sizes, from microbial organisms to elephants and whales, we can learn about their adaptations to extreme conditions on the planet Earth, about the evolutionary development of specialized capabilities, and about their ways of defending themselves against predators and ... Read more

$112.99 CAD

This book covers the many ways humans benefit from interactions with other living species. By studying animals of all kinds and sizes, from microbial organisms to elephants and whales, we can learn about their adaptations to extreme conditions on the planet Earth, about the evolutionary development of specialized capabilities, and about their ways of defending themselves against predators and
... Read more
Cryptic Species

Morphological Stasis, Circumscription, and Hidden Diversity

Edited by Alexandre K. Monro, Simon J. Mayo ...

Series series Systematics Association Special Volume Series
Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This book critically evaluates the phenomenon of cryptic species and demonstrates how they can play a valuable role in improving our understanding of evolution, ... Read more

$91.99 CAD

Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This book critically evaluates the phenomenon of cryptic species and demonstrates how they can play a valuable role in improving our understanding of evolution,
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Biology of Turtles

From Structures to Strategies of Life

Edited by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels ...

Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book starts with the premise that the structure of turtles is particularly interesting and best understood within the context of their development, novelty, functional diversity, and e ... Read more

$329.99 CAD

Featuring in-depth contributions from an international team of experts, the Biology of Turtles provides the first comprehensive review of the Testudinata. The book starts with the premise that the structure of turtles is particularly interesting and best understood within the context of their development, novelty, functional diversity, and e
... Read more
Das Geheimnis um die erste Zelle

eine neue Theorie zur Entstehung des Lebens

by Ulrich C. Schreiber, Christian Mayer ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Eine der größten Fragen der Wissenschaft steht vielleicht in naher Zukunft vor der Aufklärung.Wie und in welchem Umfeld ist das Leben auf der Erde entstanden?Plausible Szenarien für die ersten Schritte auf dem Weg zum Leben können nur dann ausreichend beschrieben werden, wenn der Umgebungsraum bekannt ist, in dem die Entwicklungen stattgefunden haben. Aus geologischer Sicht boten beste ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

Eine der größten Fragen der Wissenschaft steht vielleicht in naher Zukunft vor der Aufklärung.Wie und in welchem Umfeld ist das Leben auf der Erde entstanden?Plausible Szenarien für die ersten Schritte auf dem Weg zum Leben können nur dann ausreichend beschrieben werden, wenn der Umgebungsraum bekannt ist, in dem die Entwicklungen stattgefunden haben. Aus geologischer Sicht boten beste
... Read more
Darwin, Marx and Freud

Their Influence on Moral Theory

Edited by Arthur L. Caplan, Bruce Jennings ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
hope of obtaining a comprehensive and coherent understand ing of the human condition, we must somehow weave together the biological, sociological, and psychological components of human nature and experience. And this cannot be done indeed, it is difficult to even make sense of an attempt to do it-without first settling our accounts with Darwin, Marx, and Freud. The legacy of these three thinkers ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

hope of obtaining a comprehensive and coherent understand ing of the human condition, we must somehow weave together the biological, sociological, and psychological components of human nature and experience. And this cannot be done indeed, it is difficult to even make sense of an attempt to do it-without first settling our accounts with Darwin, Marx, and Freud. The legacy of these three thinkers
... Read more
The Mammalian Jaw

A Mechanical Analysis

by Walter Stalker Greaves ...

Mammalian skull structure is notably diverse; however at a basic level the jaw mechanism is remarkably similar, if not essentially the same, in the majority of mammals. Using simple models that are compared with real animals at every step, this book examines the basic structural features of the mammalian jaw mechanism from a mechanical point of view. It explores how the mechanical constraints ... Read more

$135.99 CAD

Mammalian skull structure is notably diverse; however at a basic level the jaw mechanism is remarkably similar, if not essentially the same, in the majority of mammals. Using simple models that are compared with real animals at every step, this book examines the basic structural features of the mammalian jaw mechanism from a mechanical point of view. It explores how the mechanical constraints
... Read more
Himmler's Island

by Richard G. Buchanan, Ph.D. ...

A mysterious secretive Foundation, perhaps middle European, has funded a project in a luxurious resort on a Caribbean Island where highly intelligent couples have been lured to come to begin the breeding of more intelligent offspring in a Eugenics program hoping to have a generation that has a statistically significant greater intelligence. Word has leaked out about the project leading to the ... Read more

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A mysterious secretive Foundation, perhaps middle European, has funded a project in a luxurious resort on a Caribbean Island where highly intelligent couples have been lured to come to begin the breeding of more intelligent offspring in a Eugenics program hoping to have a generation that has a statistically significant greater intelligence. Word has leaked out about the project leading to the
... Read more
It's in Your DNA

From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging

by Eugene Rosenberg ...

It's in Your DNA: From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging describes, in a clear, approachable manner, the progression of the experiments that eventually led to our current understanding of DNA. This fascinating work tells the whole story from the discovery of DNA and its structure, how it replicates, codes for proteins, and our current ability to analyze and ... Read more

$53.99 CAD

It's in Your DNA: From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging describes, in a clear, approachable manner, the progression of the experiments that eventually led to our current understanding of DNA. This fascinating work tells the whole story from the discovery of DNA and its structure, how it replicates, codes for proteins, and our current ability to analyze and
... Read more
New Evolutionary Social Science

Human Nature, Social Behavior, and Social Change

by Heinz-Jurgen Niedenzu, Tamas Meleghy, Peter Meyer ...

Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson's 'Darwinian conflict theory' which ... Read more

$129.99 CAD

Social scientists have long declared their autonomy from the natural sciences, and in doing so have tended to neglect important biological constraints on human nature. Many sociological theories have suggested a nearly complete malleability of patterns of social life. The New Evolutionary Social Science challenges this view by building on Stephen K. Sanderson's 'Darwinian conflict theory' which
... Read more
E-Volution Is a Fraud, It's Nothing More Than a Religion

by Elder JimmyJay Biggs Junior ...

This book is about evolution as opposed to what it really says and what it really means. There is no proof, facts, or evidence to support evolution and for the most part the scientists that support this ideology have no real foundation from on which to stand. This book instructs and gives proof, facts, and evidence that shows evolution is nothing more than someone's belief. In the face of reality ... Read more

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This book is about evolution as opposed to what it really says and what it really means. There is no proof, facts, or evidence to support evolution and for the most part the scientists that support this ideology have no real foundation from on which to stand. This book instructs and gives proof, facts, and evidence that shows evolution is nothing more than someone's belief. In the face of reality
... Read more
Darwinismo e racismo científico no Brasil

by Claudia Sepulveda, Yaci Farias, Ricardo Machado, Juanma Sánchez Arteaga ...

Entre 1870 e 1930, médicos, bacharéis de direito, antropólogos e literatos, que compunham a elite intelectual brasileira, adotaram diversas interpretações das teorias evolutivas de Darwin para propor uma solução científica para o suposto problema de civilizar uma nação miscigenada. Qual a relação entre a adesão ao darwinismo por esses intelectuais e o modo como a elite econômica e o Estado lidaram ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Entre 1870 e 1930, médicos, bacharéis de direito, antropólogos e literatos, que compunham a elite intelectual brasileira, adotaram diversas interpretações das teorias evolutivas de Darwin para propor uma solução científica para o suposto problema de civilizar uma nação miscigenada. Qual a relação entre a adesão ao darwinismo por esses intelectuais e o modo como a elite econômica e o Estado lidaram
... Read more
Post-Genome Biology of Primates

Edited by Hiroo Imai, Yasuhiro Go, Hirohisa Hirai ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
In 2001, first reports of the human draft genome were published. Since then, genomes of many other organisms have been sequenced, including several primate species: the chimpanzee, rhesus macaque, gorilla, orangutan, gibbon, baboon, marmoset, tarsier, galago, lemur, and more recently Neanderthals. In a new era of "post-genome biology", scientists now have the vast amount of information revealed by ... Read more

$128.99 CAD

In 2001, first reports of the human draft genome were published. Since then, genomes of many other organisms have been sequenced, including several primate species: the chimpanzee, rhesus macaque, gorilla, orangutan, gibbon, baboon, marmoset, tarsier, galago, lemur, and more recently Neanderthals. In a new era of "post-genome biology", scientists now have the vast amount of information revealed by
... Read more
This Eagle Will Soar Again

by Colin Makin ...

This book draws parallels between evolution in the natural world and the continuously changing and competitive nature of American business and society in general. History shows us that America has always stayed ahead of the pack because it has retained certain deeply held convictions but been sufficiently adaptable to accommodate changes to remain competitive. But government dysfunction has ... Read more

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This book draws parallels between evolution in the natural world and the continuously changing and competitive nature of American business and society in general. History shows us that America has always stayed ahead of the pack because it has retained certain deeply held convictions but been sufficiently adaptable to accommodate changes to remain competitive. But government dysfunction has
... Read more
Worms in Motion

How Tiny Creatures Reveal the Deep History of Animal Life

by Nora F. Mercer ...

Series Book 3 - The Nature Files
Worms in Motion shows why some of the simplest animals on Earth are among the most revealing. In clear, accessible language, Nora F. Mercer explains how worm-like bodies help scientists investigate the deep history of animal life, from the earliest movements to the origins of body plans, symmetry, and support structures. Rather than treating worms as biological footnotes, this book places them at ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Worms in Motion shows why some of the simplest animals on Earth are among the most revealing. In clear, accessible language, Nora F. Mercer explains how worm-like bodies help scientists investigate the deep history of animal life, from the earliest movements to the origins of body plans, symmetry, and support structures. Rather than treating worms as biological footnotes, this book places them at
... Read more
Gender Gap

How Genes and Gender Influence Our Relationships

by David P. Barash, Judith Eve Lipton ...

Let's face it, say Barash and Lipton: Males and females, boys and girls, men and women are different. To be sure, these differences are often heightened by distinctions in learning, cultural tradition, and social expectation, but underpinning them all is a fundamental difference that derives from biology. Throughout the natural world, males are those creatures that make sperm; females make eggs. ... Read more

$97.99 CAD

Let's face it, say Barash and Lipton: Males and females, boys and girls, men and women are different. To be sure, these differences are often heightened by distinctions in learning, cultural tradition, and social expectation, but underpinning them all is a fundamental difference that derives from biology. Throughout the natural world, males are those creatures that make sperm; females make eggs.
... Read more
On the Ecology of Australia’s Arid Zone

Edited by Hans Lambers ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book will appeal to an international audience as well as be irresistible to local readers. Anyone working or with an interest in Australia’s arid zone should need ready access to this book. There is no equivalent publication out there at the moment, and this book has many authoritative chapters, richly illustrated with colourful material.The challenge of this book was to assemble current ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

This book will appeal to an international audience as well as be irresistible to local readers. Anyone working or with an interest in Australia’s arid zone should need ready access to this book. There is no equivalent publication out there at the moment, and this book has many authoritative chapters, richly illustrated with colourful material.The challenge of this book was to assemble current
... Read more
Social Behaviour in Animals

With Special Reference to Vertebrates

by J. Tinbergen ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
HIS book is not intended as an exhaustive review T of facts. Its aim is rather the presentation of a bio logical approach to the phenomena of social behaviour. This type of approach was revived by Lorenz's pioneer studies. It is characterized by emphasis on the need for renewed and careful observation of the huge variety of social phenomena occurring in nature; by emphasis on a balanced study of ... Read more

$115.99 CAD

HIS book is not intended as an exhaustive review T of facts. Its aim is rather the presentation of a bio logical approach to the phenomena of social behaviour. This type of approach was revived by Lorenz's pioneer studies. It is characterized by emphasis on the need for renewed and careful observation of the huge variety of social phenomena occurring in nature; by emphasis on a balanced study of
... Read more
Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships

Edited by Sébastien Patiny ...

Series Book 81 - Systematics Association Special Volume Series
What are the evolutionary mechanisms and ecological implications behind a pollinator choosing its favourite flower? Sixty-five million years of evolution has created the complex and integrated system which we see today and understanding the interactions involved is key to environmental sustainability. Examining pollination relationships from an evolutionary perspective, this book covers both ... Read more

$134.99 CAD

What are the evolutionary mechanisms and ecological implications behind a pollinator choosing its favourite flower? Sixty-five million years of evolution has created the complex and integrated system which we see today and understanding the interactions involved is key to environmental sustainability. Examining pollination relationships from an evolutionary perspective, this book covers both
... Read more
Mycoheterotrophy

The Biology of Plants Living on Fungi

Edited by Vincent Merckx ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Over the course of evolution, several plant lineages have found ways to obtain water, minerals, and carbohydrates from fungi. Some plants are able exploit fungi to such an extent that they lose the need for photosynthesis. The ability of a plant to live on fungal carbon is known as mycoheterotrophy. This intriguing process has fascinated botanists for centuries, yet many aspects of ... Read more

$192.99 CAD

Over the course of evolution, several plant lineages have found ways to obtain water, minerals, and carbohydrates from fungi. Some plants are able exploit fungi to such an extent that they lose the need for photosynthesis. The ability of a plant to live on fungal carbon is known as mycoheterotrophy. This intriguing process has fascinated botanists for centuries, yet many aspects of
... Read more
Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L.

Edited by Eustaquio Gil-Pelegrín, José Javier Peguero-Pina, Domingo Sancho-Knapik ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
With more than 500 species distributed all around the Northern Hemisphere, the genus Quercus L. is a dominant element of a wide variety of habitats including temperate, tropical, subtropical and mediterranean forests and woodlands. As the fossil record reflects, oaks were usual from the Oligocene onwards, showing the high ability of the genus to colonize new and different habitats.Such diversity ... Read more

$422.99 CAD

With more than 500 species distributed all around the Northern Hemisphere, the genus Quercus L. is a dominant element of a wide variety of habitats including temperate, tropical, subtropical and mediterranean forests and woodlands. As the fossil record reflects, oaks were usual from the Oligocene onwards, showing the high ability of the genus to colonize new and different habitats.Such diversity
... Read more
Luck or Cunning?

As the Main Means of Organic Modification

by Samuel Butler ...

Though today best remembered as a satirist and novelist, British author Samuel Butler was also deeply involved in the scientific debates of his day. In this volume of essays, Butler mounts a compelling alternative theory to the Darwinian model that was starting to gain traction at the time. ... Read more

$4.99 CAD

Though today best remembered as a satirist and novelist, British author Samuel Butler was also deeply involved in the scientific debates of his day. In this volume of essays, Butler mounts a compelling alternative theory to the Darwinian model that was starting to gain traction at the time.
... Read more

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