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Strange Survivors

How Organisms Attack and Defend in the Game of Life

de One R. Pagan ...

Life is beautiful, ruthless, and very, very strange.In the evolutionary arms race that has raged on since life began, organisms have developed an endless variety of survival strategies. From sharp claws to brute strength, camouflage to venom—all these tools and abilities share one purpose: to keep their bearer alive long enough to reproduce, helping the species avoid extinction. Every living thing ... Leer más

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Life is beautiful, ruthless, and very, very strange.In the evolutionary arms race that has raged on since life began, organisms have developed an endless variety of survival strategies. From sharp claws to brute strength, camouflage to venom—all these tools and abilities share one purpose: to keep their bearer alive long enough to reproduce, helping the species avoid extinction. Every living thing
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Evolutionary Biology of Carabus Ground Beetles

How Species Richness Increases

de Teiji Sota ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book presents the whole picture of the ecological and evolutionary study on the ground beetle group, the subgenus Ohomopterus of the genus Carabus, endemic to Japan. This flightless beetle group consists of many geographic races. They show divergence in key traits for reproductive isolation—body size and genital morphology, which leads to coexistence of two or more species. This beetle group ... Leer más

$134.09 USD

This book presents the whole picture of the ecological and evolutionary study on the ground beetle group, the subgenus Ohomopterus of the genus Carabus, endemic to Japan. This flightless beetle group consists of many geographic races. They show divergence in key traits for reproductive isolation—body size and genital morphology, which leads to coexistence of two or more species. This beetle group
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Humiriaceae

de Ghillean T. Prance ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive monograph of the family Humiraceae. It includes information on economic botany, conservation, phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic history, ecology, cytology, anatomy, and phytochemistry, among other topics. This volume is illustrated with line drawings, black and white photographs, and distribution maps. It was written by the world-leading authority on this ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

This book provides a comprehensive monograph of the family Humiraceae. It includes information on economic botany, conservation, phylogenetic relationships, taxonomic history, ecology, cytology, anatomy, and phytochemistry, among other topics. This volume is illustrated with line drawings, black and white photographs, and distribution maps. It was written by the world-leading authority on this
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The Secret Life of Zika Virus

de Kalpish Ratna ...

Zika Virus has wreaked havoc in Brazil in recent times and is rapidly raising the spectre of a global pandemic. It has also resurfaced in India. In June 2017, three individuals in Ahmedabad were found infected. The ensuing panic was compounded by lack of knowledge and, worse, by conflicting and confusing information.The Secret Life of Zika Virus cuts through the noise and misinformation to present ... Leer más

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Zika Virus has wreaked havoc in Brazil in recent times and is rapidly raising the spectre of a global pandemic. It has also resurfaced in India. In June 2017, three individuals in Ahmedabad were found infected. The ensuing panic was compounded by lack of knowledge and, worse, by conflicting and confusing information.The Secret Life of Zika Virus cuts through the noise and misinformation to present
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Biosystematics of Triticeae

Volume I. Triticum-Aegilops complex

de Chi Yen, Junliang Yang ...

Traducido por Zhongwei Yuan, Shunzong Ning, Lianquan Zhang, Ming Hao, Dengcai Liu ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae, and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale, as well as various forage crops found in different genera. The five-volume Chinese version of Biosystematics of ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae, and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale, as well as various forage crops found in different genera. The five-volume Chinese version of Biosystematics of
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Life's Dynamic Vulnerability, and Its Natural Extravagance

de Michael A. Susko ...

This work offers new metaphors to understand our biological world, one more in accord with scientific evidence, more in harmony with preserving our planet, and one which leads us to live fuller lives. First, it recognizes a "natural extravagance," that life often exceeds our expectation in terms of number, variety, beauty, and capacity for change. Our ability to understand and even to categorize ... Leer más

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This work offers new metaphors to understand our biological world, one more in accord with scientific evidence, more in harmony with preserving our planet, and one which leads us to live fuller lives. First, it recognizes a "natural extravagance," that life often exceeds our expectation in terms of number, variety, beauty, and capacity for change. Our ability to understand and even to categorize
... Leer más
Evolutionary Cell Processes in Primates

Genes, Skin, Energetics, Breathing, and Feeding, Volume II

Edición de M. Kathleen Pitirri, Joan T. Richtsmeier ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
Many complex traits define the primate condition, including behaviors as fundamental as locomotion and traits as scrutinized as the dentition, and their study reveals dramatic evolutionary change across the primates. Genetic modifications are at the basis of these changes, but transformation of genetic information into phenotypes occurs at the level of the cell, which is the focus of this book. ... Leer más

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Many complex traits define the primate condition, including behaviors as fundamental as locomotion and traits as scrutinized as the dentition, and their study reveals dramatic evolutionary change across the primates. Genetic modifications are at the basis of these changes, but transformation of genetic information into phenotypes occurs at the level of the cell, which is the focus of this book.
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Vertebrate Biology

Systematics, Taxonomy, Natural History, and Conservation

de Donald W. Linzey ...

The most trusted and best-selling textbook on the diverse forms and fascinating lives of vertebrate animals.Covering crucial topics from morphology and behavior to ecology and zoogeography, Donald Linzey's popular textbook, Vertebrate Biology, has long been recognized as the most comprehensive and readable resource on vertebrates for students and educators. Thoroughly updated with the latest ... Leer más

$104.99 USD

The most trusted and best-selling textbook on the diverse forms and fascinating lives of vertebrate animals.Covering crucial topics from morphology and behavior to ecology and zoogeography, Donald Linzey's popular textbook, Vertebrate Biology, has long been recognized as the most comprehensive and readable resource on vertebrates for students and educators. Thoroughly updated with the latest
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Últimas noticias sobre la evolución humana

de Giorgio Manzi ...

Traducido por Carmen Sáez Díaz ...

Series series El libro de bolsillo - Ciencias
Como declara ya en el prólogo su autor, Giorgio Manzi, "Últimas noticias sobre la evolución humana" es un libro esencialmente divulgativo acerca de nuestra prehistoria, desde Lucy a los neanderthales, del misterioso "Homo naledi" a Ötzi o a los hallazgos de Atapuerca. Tomando como figura inspiradora a Stephen Jay Gould, los muchos episodios interesantes relacionados con su ocupación de ... Leer más

$7.01 USD

Como declara ya en el prólogo su autor, Giorgio Manzi, "Últimas noticias sobre la evolución humana" es un libro esencialmente divulgativo acerca de nuestra prehistoria, desde Lucy a los neanderthales, del misterioso "Homo naledi" a Ötzi o a los hallazgos de Atapuerca. Tomando como figura inspiradora a Stephen Jay Gould, los muchos episodios interesantes relacionados con su ocupación de
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Positive Evolutionary Psychology

Darwin's Guide to Living a Richer Life

de Glenn Geher, Nicole Wedberg ...

Positive psychologists focus on ways that we can advance the lives of individuals and communities by studying the factors that increase positive outcomes such as life satisfaction and happiness. Evolutionary psychologists use the principles of evolution, based on Darwin's understanding of life, to help shed light on any and all kinds of psychological phenomena. This book brings together both ... Leer más

$42.29 USD

Positive psychologists focus on ways that we can advance the lives of individuals and communities by studying the factors that increase positive outcomes such as life satisfaction and happiness. Evolutionary psychologists use the principles of evolution, based on Darwin's understanding of life, to help shed light on any and all kinds of psychological phenomena. This book brings together both
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What Species Mean

A User's Guide to the Units of Biodiversity

de Julia D. Sigwart ...

Series series Species and Systematics
Everyone uses species. All human cultures, whether using science or not, name species. Species are the basic units for science, from ecosystems to model organisms. Yet, there are communication gaps between the scientists who name species, called taxonomists or systematists, and those who use species names—everyone else. This book opens the "black box" of species names, to explain the tricks of the ... Leer más

$76.99 USD

Everyone uses species. All human cultures, whether using science or not, name species. Species are the basic units for science, from ecosystems to model organisms. Yet, there are communication gaps between the scientists who name species, called taxonomists or systematists, and those who use species names—everyone else. This book opens the "black box" of species names, to explain the tricks of the
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Observations géologiques sur les îles volcaniques explorées par l'expédition du «Beagle»

Version intégrale et annotée

de Charles Darwin ...

Présentation de l'éditeurL’œuvre de Darwin comprend, outre ses travaux biologiques, trois ouvrages consacrés spécialement à la géologie. Ils ont paru sous le titre général de Géologie du Voyage du Beagle et forment comme une trilogie embrassant l’étude des constructions coralliennes, des îles volcaniques et de la géologie de l’Amérique méridionale. De ces publications, la seule qui ait été ... Leer más

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Présentation de l'éditeurL’œuvre de Darwin comprend, outre ses travaux biologiques, trois ouvrages consacrés spécialement à la géologie. Ils ont paru sous le titre général de Géologie du Voyage du Beagle et forment comme une trilogie embrassant l’étude des constructions coralliennes, des îles volcaniques et de la géologie de l’Amérique méridionale. De ces publications, la seule qui ait été
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The Dark Side of the Hive

The Evolution of the Imperfect Honeybee

de Robin Moritz, Robin Crewe ...

Honey bees have been described as exceptionally clever, well-organized, mutualistic, collaborative, busy, efficient--in short a perfect society. While the colony is indeed a marvel of harmonious, efficient organization, it also has a considerable dark side. Authors Robin Moritz and Robin Crewe write about the life history of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, highlighting conflict rather than harmony, ... Leer más

$93.59 USD

Honey bees have been described as exceptionally clever, well-organized, mutualistic, collaborative, busy, efficient--in short a perfect society. While the colony is indeed a marvel of harmonious, efficient organization, it also has a considerable dark side. Authors Robin Moritz and Robin Crewe write about the life history of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, highlighting conflict rather than harmony,
... Leer más
Premier Homme - L’édition illustrée avec les images du film

de Pascal Picq ...

Dans cet ouvrage réalisé simultanément à l’écriture du scénario de Premier Homme, le documentaire dont il est le conseiller scientifique, Pascal Picq déploie l’histoire de l’évolution de la grande famille des anthropoïdes à laquelle appartient l’espèce humaine, depuis les grands singes de la fin de l’ère tertiaire jusqu’à l’émergence d’Homo erectus, le premier homme au début des âges glaciaires. ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

Dans cet ouvrage réalisé simultanément à l’écriture du scénario de Premier Homme, le documentaire dont il est le conseiller scientifique, Pascal Picq déploie l’histoire de l’évolution de la grande famille des anthropoïdes à laquelle appartient l’espèce humaine, depuis les grands singes de la fin de l’ère tertiaire jusqu’à l’émergence d’Homo erectus, le premier homme au début des âges glaciaires.
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The Structure of Animal Life - Six Lectures Delivered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in January and February, 1862

de Louis Agassiz ...

This book contains six classic articles on the subject of structure in animal life, being a selection of essays exploring the relationship between natural history and the idea of God. Although old and largely scientifically out-dated, the information contained within these essays will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in the development of scientific thought, especially in ... Leer más

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This book contains six classic articles on the subject of structure in animal life, being a selection of essays exploring the relationship between natural history and the idea of God. Although old and largely scientifically out-dated, the information contained within these essays will be of considerable utility to those with an interest in the development of scientific thought, especially in
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The Nature of Life and Its Potential to Survive

de David S. Stevenson ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book looks at the persistence of life and how difficult it would be to annihilate life, especially a species as successful as humanity. The idea that life in general is fragile is challenged by the hardiness of microbes, which shows that astrobiology on exoplanets and other satellites must be robust and plentiful. Microbes have adapted to virtually every niche on the planet, from the deep, ... Leer más

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This book looks at the persistence of life and how difficult it would be to annihilate life, especially a species as successful as humanity. The idea that life in general is fragile is challenged by the hardiness of microbes, which shows that astrobiology on exoplanets and other satellites must be robust and plentiful. Microbes have adapted to virtually every niche on the planet, from the deep,
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The Cosmic Zoo

Complex Life on Many Worlds

de William Bains, Dirk Schulze-Makuch ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Are humans a galactic oddity, or will complex life with human abilities develop on planets with environments that remain habitable for long enough? In a clear, jargon-free style, two leading researchers in the burgeoning field of astrobiology critically examine the major evolutionary steps that led us from the distant origins of life to the technologically advanced species we are today.Are the key ... Leer más

$58.49 USD

Are humans a galactic oddity, or will complex life with human abilities develop on planets with environments that remain habitable for long enough? In a clear, jargon-free style, two leading researchers in the burgeoning field of astrobiology critically examine the major evolutionary steps that led us from the distant origins of life to the technologically advanced species we are today.Are the key
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Kin

How We Came to Know Our Microbe Relatives

de John L. Ingraham ...

Since Darwin, people have speculated about the evolutionary relationships among dissimilar species, including our connections to the diverse life forms known as microbes. In the 1970s biologists discovered a way to establish these kinships. This new era of exploration began with Linus Pauling’s finding that every protein in every cell contains a huge reservoir of evolutionary history. His ... Leer más

$30.29 USD

Since Darwin, people have speculated about the evolutionary relationships among dissimilar species, including our connections to the diverse life forms known as microbes. In the 1970s biologists discovered a way to establish these kinships. This new era of exploration began with Linus Pauling’s finding that every protein in every cell contains a huge reservoir of evolutionary history. His
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Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl (Kommentiert)

Erweiterte Ausgabe. Illustrierte Ausgabe

de Charles Darwin, Svenja Rademann ...

Traducido por Julius Victor Carus ...

In "Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl" erweitert Charles Darwin die in der "Entstehung der Arten" entwickelte Evolutionstheorie auf den Menschen. Mit nüchterner Argumentation, vergleichender Anatomie, Ethologie und Anthropologie untersucht er die Kontinuität zwischen Mensch und Tier, die Entstehung moralischer Empfindungen sowie die Rolle sexueller Auswahl bei Schönheit ... Leer más

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In "Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl" erweitert Charles Darwin die in der "Entstehung der Arten" entwickelte Evolutionstheorie auf den Menschen. Mit nüchterner Argumentation, vergleichender Anatomie, Ethologie und Anthropologie untersucht er die Kontinuität zwischen Mensch und Tier, die Entstehung moralischer Empfindungen sowie die Rolle sexueller Auswahl bei Schönheit
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Coevolution of Animals and Plants

Symposium V, First International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, 1973

Edición de Lawrence E. Gilbert, Peter H. Raven ...

It has long been recognized that plants and animals profoundly affect one another’s characteristics during the course of evolution. However, the importance of coevolution as a dynamic process involving such diverse factors as chemical communication, population structure and dynamics, energetics, and the evolution, structure, and functioning of ecosystems has been widely recognized for a ... Leer más

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It has long been recognized that plants and animals profoundly affect one another’s characteristics during the course of evolution. However, the importance of coevolution as a dynamic process involving such diverse factors as chemical communication, population structure and dynamics, energetics, and the evolution, structure, and functioning of ecosystems has been widely recognized for a
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Advances in Microbial Toxin Research and Its Biotechnological Exploitation

Edición de Rajeev K. Upadhyay ...

Microbial toxins are secondary metabolites that accumulate in the organism and, to a large extent, are metabolically inactive towards the organism that produces them. The discovery of penicillin, a secondary metabolite of Penicillium notatum West (= P. chrysogenum Thom), in 1929 marked a milestone in the development of antibiotics (microbial toxins). In the intensive studies that followed this ... Leer más

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Microbial toxins are secondary metabolites that accumulate in the organism and, to a large extent, are metabolically inactive towards the organism that produces them. The discovery of penicillin, a secondary metabolite of Penicillium notatum West (= P. chrysogenum Thom), in 1929 marked a milestone in the development of antibiotics (microbial toxins). In the intensive studies that followed this
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On Germinal Selection as a Source of Definite Variation

Unveiling the Origins of Biological Diversity through Germinal Selection

de August Weismann ...

Traducido por Thomas J. McCormack ...

In "On Germinal Selection as a Source of Definite Variation," August Weismann presents a groundbreaking exploration of evolutionary theory that challenges conventional notions of heredity and adaptation. Through rigorous analysis and eloquent prose, Weismann posits that germinal selection'Äîselection occurring at the level of the germ cells'Äîplays a critical role in generating variation within ... Leer más

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In "On Germinal Selection as a Source of Definite Variation," August Weismann presents a groundbreaking exploration of evolutionary theory that challenges conventional notions of heredity and adaptation. Through rigorous analysis and eloquent prose, Weismann posits that germinal selection'Äîselection occurring at the level of the germ cells'Äîplays a critical role in generating variation within
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Reticulate Evolution

Symbiogenesis, Lateral Gene Transfer, Hybridization and Infectious Heredity

Edición de Nathalie Gontier ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Written for non-experts, this volume introduces the mechanisms that underlie reticulate evolution. Chapters are either accompanied with glossaries that explain new terminology or timelines that position pioneering scholars and their major discoveries in their historical contexts. The contributing authors outline the history and original context of discovery of symbiosis, symbiogenesis, lateral ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

Written for non-experts, this volume introduces the mechanisms that underlie reticulate evolution. Chapters are either accompanied with glossaries that explain new terminology or timelines that position pioneering scholars and their major discoveries in their historical contexts. The contributing authors outline the history and original context of discovery of symbiosis, symbiogenesis, lateral
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De l'origine des espèces par sélection naturelle

ou Des lois de transformation des êtres organisés

de Charles Darwin ...

Découvrez l'une des œuvres scientifiques les plus influentes de tous les temps avec "De l'origine des espèces par sélection naturelle" de Charles Darwin. Plongez dans les profondeurs de la nature et explorez la théorie révolutionnaire de l'évolution qui a changé notre compréhension du monde vivant. Dans ce livre visionnaire, Darwin présente des preuves convaincantes de l'évolution des espèces à ... Leer más

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Découvrez l'une des œuvres scientifiques les plus influentes de tous les temps avec "De l'origine des espèces par sélection naturelle" de Charles Darwin. Plongez dans les profondeurs de la nature et explorez la théorie révolutionnaire de l'évolution qui a changé notre compréhension du monde vivant. Dans ce livre visionnaire, Darwin présente des preuves convaincantes de l'évolution des espèces à
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