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The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation

Exploring Evolutionary Theories and Genetic Inheritance

de Thomas Henry Huxley ...

In 'The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation,' Thomas Henry Huxley explores the intricate mechanics of heredity and variation, placing these biological concepts within the framework of evolutionary theory. This seminal work employs a didactic yet engaged literary style, characteristic of Huxley'Äôs broader scientific oeuvre, blending empirical observation with ... Leer más

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In 'The Perpetuation of Living Beings, Hereditary Transmission and Variation,' Thomas Henry Huxley explores the intricate mechanics of heredity and variation, placing these biological concepts within the framework of evolutionary theory. This seminal work employs a didactic yet engaged literary style, characteristic of Huxley'Äôs broader scientific oeuvre, blending empirical observation with
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Rhodophyta Volume 5

Ahnfeltiales, Gigartinales, Sebdeniales, Nemastomatales, Plocamiales, Gracilariales and Rhodymeniales

Edición de Guangce Wang ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book is the fifth volume of the “Marine Algal Flora of China-Rhodophyta.” The series has seven volumes covering about 20 orders, 45 families, 173 genera, and 560 species including over 150 species firstly described from China, indicating significant importance to the knowledge of North-Western Pacific marine algal flora. The fifth volume Ahnfeltiales, Gigartinales, Sebdeniales, Nemastomatales ... Leer más

$179.99 USD

This book is the fifth volume of the “Marine Algal Flora of China-Rhodophyta.” The series has seven volumes covering about 20 orders, 45 families, 173 genera, and 560 species including over 150 species firstly described from China, indicating significant importance to the knowledge of North-Western Pacific marine algal flora. The fifth volume Ahnfeltiales, Gigartinales, Sebdeniales, Nemastomatales
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Rhinos of the World

Ecology, Conservation and Management

Edición de Mario Melletti, Bibhab Talukdar, David Balfour ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book represents the culmination of more than four years of work by many rhino experts, primarily from Africa, Asia, the United States, and Europe, involved in rhino conservation, research and management. It is one of the most comprehensive reference works ever published on the systematics, ecology, conservation status, and management of all rhinoceros species.Covering all five rhino species ... Leer más

$116.09 USD

This book represents the culmination of more than four years of work by many rhino experts, primarily from Africa, Asia, the United States, and Europe, involved in rhino conservation, research and management. It is one of the most comprehensive reference works ever published on the systematics, ecology, conservation status, and management of all rhinoceros species.Covering all five rhino species
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The Logarithmic Nature of Time: From the Start of Life to Symbolizing Humanity

de Michael A. Susko ...

The two works collated here encompass a vast time from the start of life until the dawn to what we refer to as "civilization." In the first volume, a consistent logarithmic pulsing was found in biological evolution from life's beginning to the first humans. The evidence for these first ten nodes was primarily fossils or other life signatures in a given setting. The second volume continues the ... Leer más

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The two works collated here encompass a vast time from the start of life until the dawn to what we refer to as "civilization." In the first volume, a consistent logarithmic pulsing was found in biological evolution from life's beginning to the first humans. The evidence for these first ten nodes was primarily fossils or other life signatures in a given setting. The second volume continues the
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Sleeps With Wolves

de Neil Bockoven ...

A hybrid girl. A killer’s trail. A brutal Ice Age wilderness.Fourteen-year-old Elka—half Neanderthal, half Homo sapiens—has always lived on the margins of her tribe. When a deadly raid leaves her father near death and her brother slain, she sets off alone with her wolf companion, Misha, determined to track the killers and take vengeance. But in a world where snow falls hard, prey is scarce, and ... Leer más

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A hybrid girl. A killer’s trail. A brutal Ice Age wilderness.Fourteen-year-old Elka—half Neanderthal, half Homo sapiens—has always lived on the margins of her tribe. When a deadly raid leaves her father near death and her brother slain, she sets off alone with her wolf companion, Misha, determined to track the killers and take vengeance. But in a world where snow falls hard, prey is scarce, and
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Evolution of the Digestive System

Cell Types and Crosstalks, Development and Regeneration

Edición de Rossella Annunziata, Maria I. Arnone ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
The capability of cells to uptake and digest molecules to acquire energy is essential for all life forms. During evolution, with the emergence of multicellularity, specialized cell types and organs became responsible for acquiring food particles, breaking them down and absorbing nutrients. This innovation had a profound impact on animal evolution: the emergence of extracellular digestion released ... Leer más

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The capability of cells to uptake and digest molecules to acquire energy is essential for all life forms. During evolution, with the emergence of multicellularity, specialized cell types and organs became responsible for acquiring food particles, breaking them down and absorbing nutrients. This innovation had a profound impact on animal evolution: the emergence of extracellular digestion released
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¿Deberíamos comer carne?

Evolución y consecuencias de la dieta carnívora moderna

de Václav Smil ...

Históricamente, el consumo de carne se ha asociado con una cuestión de estatus en la mayoría de las culturas. Esto cambió de manera radical durante el siglo xx, cuando se dejaron de emplear animales como fuerza de trabajo para la agricultura, lo que dio pie al crecimiento de la industria cárnica a tal punto que hoy se pueden encontrar en cualquier supermercado diversos cortes de una gran variedad ... Leer más

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Históricamente, el consumo de carne se ha asociado con una cuestión de estatus en la mayoría de las culturas. Esto cambió de manera radical durante el siglo xx, cuando se dejaron de emplear animales como fuerza de trabajo para la agricultura, lo que dio pie al crecimiento de la industria cárnica a tal punto que hoy se pueden encontrar en cualquier supermercado diversos cortes de una gran variedad
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A Colour Atlas of Medical Entomology

de Nicholas Burgess, G.O. Cowan ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
A there it is! guide to insects of medical and public health concern, mainly in the tropics. Each chapter covers identification, life cycle and habits of the causative stage and its medical/public health significance. ... Leer más

$49.49 USD

A there it is! guide to insects of medical and public health concern, mainly in the tropics. Each chapter covers identification, life cycle and habits of the causative stage and its medical/public health significance.
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Escaping From Predators

An Integrative View of Escape Decisions

Edición de William E. Cooper, Jr, Daniel T. Blumstein ...

When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of 'if', 'when' and 'how' escape decisions – these critical questions are the foci of this book. Cooper and Blumstein bring together a balance of theory and empirical research to summarise over fifty years of scattered research and benchmark current thinking in the rapidly expanding literature on the behavioural ecology of escaping. The book ... Leer más

$57.39 USD

When a predator attacks, prey are faced with a series of 'if', 'when' and 'how' escape decisions – these critical questions are the foci of this book. Cooper and Blumstein bring together a balance of theory and empirical research to summarise over fifty years of scattered research and benchmark current thinking in the rapidly expanding literature on the behavioural ecology of escaping. The book
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The Evolution of Inanimate Objects

The Life and Collected Works of Thomas Darwin (1857-1879)

de Harry Karlinsky ...

LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZE 2012While carrying out historical research at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the “Thomas Darwin of Down, England” be a relative of the famous Charles Darwin?In a narrative woven from letters, photographs, historical documents and illustrations, what emerges is a sketch of Thomas’s ... Leer más

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LONGLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME TRUST BOOK PRIZE 2012While carrying out historical research at an Ontario asylum, psychiatrist Harry Karlinsky comes across a familiar surname in the register. Could the “Thomas Darwin of Down, England” be a relative of the famous Charles Darwin?In a narrative woven from letters, photographs, historical documents and illustrations, what emerges is a sketch of Thomas’s
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The Evolution of Mammalian Sociality in an Ecological Perspective

de Clara B. Jones ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This brief discusses factors associated with group formation, group maintenance, group population structure, and other events and processes (e.g., physiology, behavior) related to mammalian social evolution. Within- and between-lineages, features of prehistoric and extant social mammals, patterns and linkages are discussed as components of a possible social “tool-kit”. "Top-down” (predators to ... Leer más

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This brief discusses factors associated with group formation, group maintenance, group population structure, and other events and processes (e.g., physiology, behavior) related to mammalian social evolution. Within- and between-lineages, features of prehistoric and extant social mammals, patterns and linkages are discussed as components of a possible social “tool-kit”. "Top-down” (predators to
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Evolution

de Frank B. Jevrons ...

The object of this volume is to raise the question: if we accept the Theory of Evolution as true in science, how should it modify the thought and action of a man who wishes to do his best in this world? The question is necessary because we find that different and inconsistent conclusions on the point have been reached by men speaking in the name of science and speaking with authority. ... Leer más

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The object of this volume is to raise the question: if we accept the Theory of Evolution as true in science, how should it modify the thought and action of a man who wishes to do his best in this world? The question is necessary because we find that different and inconsistent conclusions on the point have been reached by men speaking in the name of science and speaking with authority.
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Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 3

Ecdysozoa I: Non-Tetraconata

Edición de Andreas Wanninger ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage, embryogenesis, organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an evolutionary framework. Each chapter presents an in-depth yet concise overview of both classical and recent literature, supplemented by numerous color illustrations ... Leer más

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This multi-author, six-volume work summarizes our current knowledge on the developmental biology of all major invertebrate animal phyla. The main aspects of cleavage, embryogenesis, organogenesis and gene expression are discussed in an evolutionary framework. Each chapter presents an in-depth yet concise overview of both classical and recent literature, supplemented by numerous color illustrations
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Time

Apprehend the future by analyzing time by calculation

de Abdoul khoudouss Kamara ...

Abdoul Koudouss Kamara is a Mauritanian mining engineer, born in 1938, who lives in the United States. His research in the prediction of events by calendar periodicities dates back to the 1970s. Having lost his sight in 1990, his work was greatly slowed down.Abdoul K. Kamara is also a practitioner of esotericism. ... Leer más

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Abdoul Koudouss Kamara is a Mauritanian mining engineer, born in 1938, who lives in the United States. His research in the prediction of events by calendar periodicities dates back to the 1970s. Having lost his sight in 1990, his work was greatly slowed down.Abdoul K. Kamara is also a practitioner of esotericism.
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Charles Darwin: Textos esenciales

de Charles Darwin ...

Series series Textos esenciales
Charles Darwin sentó las bases para una interpretación nueva del reino animal y vegetal y su historia pasada, presente y futura, demostrando que todas las especies provienen de formas anteriores. Su óptica científica, fuertemente cuestionada en su tiempo, condujo a la comprensión de que nuestra propia especie no escapaba a la regla general y que el hombre, que pomposamente se denomina a sí mismo ... Leer más

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Charles Darwin sentó las bases para una interpretación nueva del reino animal y vegetal y su historia pasada, presente y futura, demostrando que todas las especies provienen de formas anteriores. Su óptica científica, fuertemente cuestionada en su tiempo, condujo a la comprensión de que nuestra propia especie no escapaba a la regla general y que el hombre, que pomposamente se denomina a sí mismo
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Primates in Anthropogenic Landscapes

Exploring Primate Behavioural Flexibility Across Human Contexts

Edición de Tracie McKinney, Siân Waters, Michelle A. Rodrigues ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The field of primatology has expanded substantially in the last twenty years, particularly with regard to studies of primates in human-altered landscapes. This text aims to review the recent literature on anthropogenic (of human origin) influences on non-human primates, bringing an overview of this important area of primatology together for students. Chapters are grouped into three sections, ... Leer más

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The field of primatology has expanded substantially in the last twenty years, particularly with regard to studies of primates in human-altered landscapes. This text aims to review the recent literature on anthropogenic (of human origin) influences on non-human primates, bringing an overview of this important area of primatology together for students. Chapters are grouped into three sections,
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The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 30, 1882

de Charles Darwin ...

Series series The Correspondence of Charles Darwin
This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging ... Leer más

$114.79 USD

This volume is part of the definitive edition of letters written by and to Charles Darwin, the most celebrated naturalist of the nineteenth century. Notes and appendixes put these fascinating and wide-ranging letters in context, making the letters accessible to both scholars and general readers. Darwin depended on correspondence to collect data from all over the world, and to discuss his emerging
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Archean and Proterozoic Earth

Infancy and Adolescence of the Planet Earth

Edición de Pascal Philippot ...

Series series ISTE Invoiced
It took nearly four billion years for the Earth to become a hospitable planet. Archean and Proterozoic Earth traces the geodynamic, biological, climatic and environmental upheavals that accompanied this evolution.This book looks at the planet’s secular cooling and its implications for the dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and the development of plate tectonics, as well as the evolution of magma ... Leer más

$136.00 USD

It took nearly four billion years for the Earth to become a hospitable planet. Archean and Proterozoic Earth traces the geodynamic, biological, climatic and environmental upheavals that accompanied this evolution.This book looks at the planet’s secular cooling and its implications for the dynamics of the Earth’s mantle and the development of plate tectonics, as well as the evolution of magma
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Antropológica Mente

Bitácora de un paleoneurólgo

de Emiliano Bruner ...

Series series Shackleton Books
Una genial antología de los mejores artículos para Investigación y ciencia del gran experto en antropología y evolución cerebral, Emiliano Bruner.A Emiliano Bruner se le conoce también como el "investigador de las mentes extintas", ya que es uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en paleoneurobiología. A su interés por el cerebro de nuestros antepasados, al que ha dedicado los últimos 17 años desde ... Leer más

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Una genial antología de los mejores artículos para Investigación y ciencia del gran experto en antropología y evolución cerebral, Emiliano Bruner.A Emiliano Bruner se le conoce también como el "investigador de las mentes extintas", ya que es uno de los mayores expertos mundiales en paleoneurobiología. A su interés por el cerebro de nuestros antepasados, al que ha dedicado los últimos 17 años desde
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The Evolution of Obesity

de Michael L. Power, Jay Schulkin ...

In this sweeping exploration of the relatively recent obesity epidemic, Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin probe evolutionary biology, history, physiology, and medical science to uncover the causes of our growing girth. The unexpected answer? Our own evolutionary success.For most of the past few million years, our evolutionary ancestors' survival depended on being able to consume as much as ... Leer más

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In this sweeping exploration of the relatively recent obesity epidemic, Michael L. Power and Jay Schulkin probe evolutionary biology, history, physiology, and medical science to uncover the causes of our growing girth. The unexpected answer? Our own evolutionary success.For most of the past few million years, our evolutionary ancestors' survival depended on being able to consume as much as
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Vor oprindelse

de Johannes V. Jensen ...

"Vor oprindelse" er intet mindre end et værk om menneskehedens historie. Bogen er en del af Johannes V. Jensens serie om evolution, som han arbejdede på i perioden 1923 og frem til sin død i 1950. Fra urmennesket og huleboeren til agerdyrkelsen og bonden med ploven skildres menneskets og samfundets udvikling gennem de historiens faser og teknologiske stadier. Gennem arkæologiske studier, gamle ... Leer más

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"Vor oprindelse" er intet mindre end et værk om menneskehedens historie. Bogen er en del af Johannes V. Jensens serie om evolution, som han arbejdede på i perioden 1923 og frem til sin død i 1950. Fra urmennesket og huleboeren til agerdyrkelsen og bonden med ploven skildres menneskets og samfundets udvikling gennem de historiens faser og teknologiske stadier. Gennem arkæologiske studier, gamle
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Microbial Life History

The Fundamental Forces of Biological Design

de Steven A. Frank ...

A powerful framework for understanding how natural selection shapes adaptation and biological designDesign and diversity are the two great challenges in the study of life. Microbial Life History draws on the latest advances in microbiology to describe the fundamental forces of biological design and apply these evolutionary processes to a broad diversity of traits in microbial metabolism and ... Leer más

$36.79 USD

A powerful framework for understanding how natural selection shapes adaptation and biological designDesign and diversity are the two great challenges in the study of life. Microbial Life History draws on the latest advances in microbiology to describe the fundamental forces of biological design and apply these evolutionary processes to a broad diversity of traits in microbial metabolism and
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The Social Impulse

The Evolution and Neuroscience of What Brings Us Together

de Jaime A. Pineda, Ph.D. ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book is an exploration of the integration-differentiation dynamics that result in a drive, or impulse, toward human sociality, arguing that our need to connect with other people is as fundamental as our need for food and shelter. In The Social Impulse: The Evolution and Neuroscience of What Brings Us Together, Jaime Pineda presents the evidence that social cohesion is a complementary force to ... Leer más

$170.09 USD

This book is an exploration of the integration-differentiation dynamics that result in a drive, or impulse, toward human sociality, arguing that our need to connect with other people is as fundamental as our need for food and shelter. In The Social Impulse: The Evolution and Neuroscience of What Brings Us Together, Jaime Pineda presents the evidence that social cohesion is a complementary force to
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Genetic Enhancement of Crops for Tolerance to Abiotic Stress: Mechanisms and Approaches, Vol. I

Edición de Vijay Rani Rajpal, Deepmala Sehgal, Avinash Kumar, S.N. Raina ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Abiotic stresses such as drought (water deficit), extreme temperatures (cold, frost and heat), salinity (sodicity) and mineral (metal and metalloid) toxicity limit productivity of crop plants worldwide and are big threats to global food security. With worsening climate change scenarios, these stresses will further increase in intensity and frequency. Improving tolerance to abiotic stresses, ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

Abiotic stresses such as drought (water deficit), extreme temperatures (cold, frost and heat), salinity (sodicity) and mineral (metal and metalloid) toxicity limit productivity of crop plants worldwide and are big threats to global food security. With worsening climate change scenarios, these stresses will further increase in intensity and frequency. Improving tolerance to abiotic stresses,
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