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Exploring the Genetic Code: Genetics, Pharmacy, and the Keys to Human Health

de Edenilson Brandl ...

Genetics is a fascinating science that allows us to unravel the mysteries of our DNA and understand how genes influence our health and well-being. Through technological advances and groundbreaking research, we have witnessed rapid progress in the field of genetics, unlocking the secrets of disease and revealing new opportunities for personalized medicine.This book is dedicated to experienced ... Leer más

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Genetics is a fascinating science that allows us to unravel the mysteries of our DNA and understand how genes influence our health and well-being. Through technological advances and groundbreaking research, we have witnessed rapid progress in the field of genetics, unlocking the secrets of disease and revealing new opportunities for personalized medicine.This book is dedicated to experienced
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Creation and Doxology

The Beginning and End of God's Good World

Edición de Gerald L. Hiestand, Todd A Wilson ...

Series series Center for Pastor Theologians Series
The doctrine of creation is crucial to the Christian faith, but it has often been maligned, misinterpreted, or ignored.Some, such as pagan philosophers and Gnostics, have tended to denigrate the goodness of the material world. More recently, new questions have emerged regarding human origins in light of the Darwinian account of evolution. What does it mean today to both affirm the goodness of God ... Leer más

$28.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

The doctrine of creation is crucial to the Christian faith, but it has often been maligned, misinterpreted, or ignored.Some, such as pagan philosophers and Gnostics, have tended to denigrate the goodness of the material world. More recently, new questions have emerged regarding human origins in light of the Darwinian account of evolution. What does it mean today to both affirm the goodness of God
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Concepts in Reproduction

From Evolution of Mechanisms to Clinical Impact

de Gary M. Wessel, Julian L. Wong, Harvey Florman, Carmen J. Williams, Mark A. Johnson ...

Concepts in Reproduction integrates the principal mechanisms of reproduction among eukaryotes, with a focus on animals and plants. The text emphasizes processes and approaches that evolved to address specific problems inherent in reproduction using examples from morphology, functional studies, and genetic studies. The many high-quality figures complement the text and provide visual storyboards. ... Leer más

$110.99 USD

Concepts in Reproduction integrates the principal mechanisms of reproduction among eukaryotes, with a focus on animals and plants. The text emphasizes processes and approaches that evolved to address specific problems inherent in reproduction using examples from morphology, functional studies, and genetic studies. The many high-quality figures complement the text and provide visual storyboards.
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Sense and Nonsense

Evolutionary Perspectives on Human Behaviour

de Prof Gillian R. Brown, Prof Kevin N. Lala ...

Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring scientific ideas, and it offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. However, researchers disagree about the best ways to use evolution to explore humanity, and a number of schools of thought have emerged. Sense and Nonsense, third edition, provides an introduction to the ideas, methods and findings of ... Leer más

$40.99 USD

Evolutionary theory is one of the most wide-ranging and inspiring scientific ideas, and it offers a battery of methods that can be used to interpret human behaviour. However, researchers disagree about the best ways to use evolution to explore humanity, and a number of schools of thought have emerged. Sense and Nonsense, third edition, provides an introduction to the ideas, methods and findings of
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Data Integration, Manipulation and Visualization of Phylogenetic Trees

de Guangchuang Yu ...

Series series Chapman & Hall/CRC Computational Biology Series
Data Integration, Manipulation and Visualization of Phylogenetic Trees introduces and demonstrates data integration, manipulation and visualization of phylogenetic trees using a suite of R packages, tidytree, treeio, ggtree and ggtreeExtra. Using the most comprehensive packages for phylogenetic data integration and visualization, contains numerous examples that can be used for teaching and ... Leer más

$68.99 USD

Data Integration, Manipulation and Visualization of Phylogenetic Trees introduces and demonstrates data integration, manipulation and visualization of phylogenetic trees using a suite of R packages, tidytree, treeio, ggtree and ggtreeExtra. Using the most comprehensive packages for phylogenetic data integration and visualization, contains numerous examples that can be used for teaching and
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Toward a Biosocial Science

Evolutionary Theory, Human Nature, and Social Life

de Alexander Riley ...

Series series Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences
Sociology is in crisis. While other disciplines have taken on board the revolutionary discoveries driven by evolutionary biology and psychology, genomics and behavioral genetics, and the neurosciences, sociology has ignored these advances and embraced a biophobia that threatens to drive the discipline into marginality.This book takes its place in a rich tradition of efforts to integrate ... Leer más

$54.99 USD

Sociology is in crisis. While other disciplines have taken on board the revolutionary discoveries driven by evolutionary biology and psychology, genomics and behavioral genetics, and the neurosciences, sociology has ignored these advances and embraced a biophobia that threatens to drive the discipline into marginality.This book takes its place in a rich tradition of efforts to integrate
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The Complex Lives of British Freshwater Fishes

de Mark Everard ...

CHOICE 'Highly Recommended for all readers' June 2021 Vol. 58 No. 10This stunningly illustrated book goes far beyond a run-of-the-mill nature guide. It explores the fascinating life histories of Britain’s freshwater fishes, a group of animals which, despite their importance and ubiquity in our diverse still and flowing fresh waters, has before now been rarely regarded and respected as 'wildlife' ... Leer más

$51.99 USD

CHOICE 'Highly Recommended for all readers' June 2021 Vol. 58 No. 10This stunningly illustrated book goes far beyond a run-of-the-mill nature guide. It explores the fascinating life histories of Britain’s freshwater fishes, a group of animals which, despite their importance and ubiquity in our diverse still and flowing fresh waters, has before now been rarely regarded and respected as 'wildlife'
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Hierarchy

Perspectives for Ecological Complexity

de T. F. H. Allen, Thomas B. Starr ...

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecosystems, for instance, are nonlinear, self-organizing, seemingly chaotic structures in which individuals interact both with each other and with the myriad biotic and abiotic components of their surroundings across geographies as well as spatial and ... Leer más

$36.99 USD

Although complexity surrounds us, its inherent uncertainty, ambiguity, and contradiction can at first make complex systems appear inscrutable. Ecosystems, for instance, are nonlinear, self-organizing, seemingly chaotic structures in which individuals interact both with each other and with the myriad biotic and abiotic components of their surroundings across geographies as well as spatial and
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Biopoetics

Towards an Existential Ecology

de Andreas Weber ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Meaning, feeling and expression – the experience of inwardness – matter most in human existence. The perspective of biopoetics shows that this experience is shared by all organisms. Being alive means to exist through relations that have existential concern, and to express these dimensions through the body and its gestures. All life takes place within one poetic space which is shared between all ... Leer más

$143.99 USD

Meaning, feeling and expression – the experience of inwardness – matter most in human existence. The perspective of biopoetics shows that this experience is shared by all organisms. Being alive means to exist through relations that have existential concern, and to express these dimensions through the body and its gestures. All life takes place within one poetic space which is shared between all
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Behavior of Lizards

Evolutionary and Mechanistic Perspectives

Edición de Vincent Bels, Anthony Russell ...

Key features:Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behaviorExplores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behaviorDiscusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies.Examines physiological and sensory ... Leer más

$115.99 USD

Key features:Presents a contemporary snapshot of the mechanisms underlying the evolution and adaptation of behaviorExplores how genetics, epigenetics, development, and environment shape behaviorDiscusses a broad range of behavioral repertoires and responses, including those related to thermoregulatory, foraging, predatory, displaying, social and escape strategies.Examines physiological and sensory
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Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants

A New Phytogenetic Approach of the Angiosperms of the Temperate and Tropical Regions

de R-E Spichiger ...

The principle objective of this book is to describe a range of families of flowering plants in a sequence corresponding to current phylogenetic classification based on the most recent results of molecular systematics. The selection of families is large and comprises families of temperate European flora as well as tropical flora. They are integrated in their respective orders and keys are given to ... Leer más

$115.99 USD

The principle objective of this book is to describe a range of families of flowering plants in a sequence corresponding to current phylogenetic classification based on the most recent results of molecular systematics. The selection of families is large and comprises families of temperate European flora as well as tropical flora. They are integrated in their respective orders and keys are given to
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From Complexity to Life

On The Emergence of Life and Meaning

Edición de Niels Henrik Gregersen ...

This book brings together an impressive group of leading scholars in the sciences of complexity, and a few workers on the interface of science and religion, to explore the wider implications of complexity studies. It includes an introduction to complexity studies and explores the concept of information in physics and biology and various philosophical and religious perspectives. Chapter authors ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

This book brings together an impressive group of leading scholars in the sciences of complexity, and a few workers on the interface of science and religion, to explore the wider implications of complexity studies. It includes an introduction to complexity studies and explores the concept of information in physics and biology and various philosophical and religious perspectives. Chapter authors
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Evolution made plain

de John Mason ...

In *Evolution Made Plain*, John Mason offers a lucid, accessible exposition of evolutionary theory for the general reader, translating complex biological principles into clear and engaging prose. The book explains variation, natural selection, adaptation, heredity, and the gradual emergence of species with a didactic directness characteristic of popular science writing in the late nineteenth and ... Leer más

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In *Evolution Made Plain*, John Mason offers a lucid, accessible exposition of evolutionary theory for the general reader, translating complex biological principles into clear and engaging prose. The book explains variation, natural selection, adaptation, heredity, and the gradual emergence of species with a didactic directness characteristic of popular science writing in the late nineteenth and
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The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals

Edición de Janet Leonard, Alex Cordoba-Aguilar ...

Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover, reproductive traits are often species-specific, suggesting that they evolved very rapidly. This diversity, long the province of taxonomists, has recently attracted broader interest from evolutionary biologists, especially ... Leer más

$131.99 USD

Primary sexual traits, those structures and processes directly involved in reproduction, are some of the most diverse, specialized, and bizarre in the animal kingdom. Moreover, reproductive traits are often species-specific, suggesting that they evolved very rapidly. This diversity, long the province of taxonomists, has recently attracted broader interest from evolutionary biologists, especially
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The New Foundations of Evolution

On the Tree of Life

de Jan Sapp ...

This is the story of a profound revolution in the way biologists explore life's history, understand its evolutionary processes, and reveal its diversity. It is about life's smallest entities, deepest diversity, and greatest cellular biomass: the microbiosphere. Jan Sapp introduces us to a new field of evolutionary biology and a new brand of molecular evolutionists who descend to the foundations of ... Leer más

$57.99 USD

This is the story of a profound revolution in the way biologists explore life's history, understand its evolutionary processes, and reveal its diversity. It is about life's smallest entities, deepest diversity, and greatest cellular biomass: the microbiosphere. Jan Sapp introduces us to a new field of evolutionary biology and a new brand of molecular evolutionists who descend to the foundations of
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Human Migration

Biocultural Perspectives

Edición de Michael H. Crawford, María de Lourdes Muñoz-Moreno ...

Studying human migratory patterns can help us make sense of evolution, biology, linguistics, and so much more. Human Migration takes readers through population development and their respective origins to create a comprehensive picture of human migratory patterns. This book explores human migration as a major contributor to globalization that facilitates gene flow and the exchange of cultures and ... Leer más

$100.99 USD

Studying human migratory patterns can help us make sense of evolution, biology, linguistics, and so much more. Human Migration takes readers through population development and their respective origins to create a comprehensive picture of human migratory patterns. This book explores human migration as a major contributor to globalization that facilitates gene flow and the exchange of cultures and
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Evolution and Phylogeny of Pancrustacea

A Story of Scientific Method

de Frederick R. Schram, Stefan Koenemann ...

The scientific understanding of arthropod phylogeny and evolution has changed significantly in recent decades. One of the most momentous alterations involved crustaceans, which are not a monophyletc group, but are part of a larger group along with insects: Pancrustacea. The old ideas surrounding crustacean evolution have served scientists well for many years; it is now time to turn toward new ... Leer más

$140.99 USD

The scientific understanding of arthropod phylogeny and evolution has changed significantly in recent decades. One of the most momentous alterations involved crustaceans, which are not a monophyletc group, but are part of a larger group along with insects: Pancrustacea. The old ideas surrounding crustacean evolution have served scientists well for many years; it is now time to turn toward new
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The Evolution of Religion and Morality

Volume II

Edición de Martin Lang, Benjamin Grant Purzycki, Joseph Henrich, Ara Norenzayan ...

This volume draws on a unique dataset to answer pressing questions about human religiosity. Building upon the first volume in this series, it presents results from the second phase of the Evolution of Religion and Morality (ERM) project.The second volume investigates key questions in the evolutionary and cognitive sciences of religion and highlights cultural variability and context specificity of ... Leer más

$64.99 USD

This volume draws on a unique dataset to answer pressing questions about human religiosity. Building upon the first volume in this series, it presents results from the second phase of the Evolution of Religion and Morality (ERM) project.The second volume investigates key questions in the evolutionary and cognitive sciences of religion and highlights cultural variability and context specificity of
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On Human Nature

The Biology and Sociology of What Made Us Human

de Jonathan H. Turner ...

Series series Evolutionary Analysis in the Social Sciences
In this book, Jonathan H. Turner combines sociology, evolutionary biology, cladistic analysis from biology, and comparative neuroanatomy to examine human nature as inherited from common ancestors shared by humans and present-day great apes. Selection pressures altered this inherited legacy for the ancestors of humans—termed hominins for being bipedal—and forced greater organization than extant ... Leer más

$60.99 USD

In this book, Jonathan H. Turner combines sociology, evolutionary biology, cladistic analysis from biology, and comparative neuroanatomy to examine human nature as inherited from common ancestors shared by humans and present-day great apes. Selection pressures altered this inherited legacy for the ancestors of humans—termed hominins for being bipedal—and forced greater organization than extant
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Luchtzakken In Paarden: Evolutie, Functie En Mycosis

de Dirk Bontes ...

Paarden hebben een uniek orgaan in hun hoofd: de luchtzakken. In dit korte artikel worden de grote raadselen van de evolutie, de functie en de reden van de schimmelinfectie ervan voor het eerst verklaard. De twee voornaamste hoofdstukken zijn de Introductie en de Discussie. In de Introductie worden middels vele citaten de relevante feiten opgesomd. In de Discussie volgen de verklaringen. ... Leer más

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Paarden hebben een uniek orgaan in hun hoofd: de luchtzakken. In dit korte artikel worden de grote raadselen van de evolutie, de functie en de reden van de schimmelinfectie ervan voor het eerst verklaard. De twee voornaamste hoofdstukken zijn de Introductie en de Discussie. In de Introductie worden middels vele citaten de relevante feiten opgesomd. In de Discussie volgen de verklaringen.
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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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Religion and the Philosophy of Life

de Gavin Flood ...

Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on what contemporary scientists tell us, especially evolutionary science and social neuroscience, as well ... Leer más

$39.99 USD

Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on what contemporary scientists tell us, especially evolutionary science and social neuroscience, as well
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Alfred Russell Wallace Contributions to the theory of Natural Selection, 1870, and Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace , 'On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties' (Papers presented to the Linnean Society 30th June 1858)

Edición de David Knight ...

Wallace noticed on expeditions to the Amazon and the Malay archipelego that mammals in Southeast Asia are more advanced than their Australian cousins. His suggestion was that the two continents had split before the better adapted mammals had evolved in Asia. The isolated Australian marsupials were able to thrive, whilst those in Asia were driven to extinction by competition from more advanced ... Leer más

$420.99 USD

Wallace noticed on expeditions to the Amazon and the Malay archipelego that mammals in Southeast Asia are more advanced than their Australian cousins. His suggestion was that the two continents had split before the better adapted mammals had evolved in Asia. The isolated Australian marsupials were able to thrive, whilst those in Asia were driven to extinction by competition from more advanced
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Geology & Mineralogy, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Volume II, 1836

de William Buckland ...

Moving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic history of the Earth, this volume shows how Buckland envisages instead progressive change as the Earth gradually cooled as it was prepared for human occupation. Extinct creatures did not die out because they were poorly designed; God loved the dinosaurs and had adapted them to their various circumstances. ... Leer más

$470.99 USD

Moving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic history of the Earth, this volume shows how Buckland envisages instead progressive change as the Earth gradually cooled as it was prepared for human occupation. Extinct creatures did not die out because they were poorly designed; God loved the dinosaurs and had adapted them to their various circumstances.
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