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Computational and Evolutionary Analysis of HIV Molecular Sequences

Edición de Allen G. Rodrigo, Gerald H. Learn Jr. ...

Computational and Evolutionary Analysis of HIV Molecular Sequences is for all researchers interested in HIV research, even those who only have a nodding acquaintance with computational biology (or those who are familiar with some, but not all, aspects of the field). HIV research is unusual in that it brings together scientists from a wide range of disciplines: clinicians, pathologists, ... Leer más

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Computational and Evolutionary Analysis of HIV Molecular Sequences is for all researchers interested in HIV research, even those who only have a nodding acquaintance with computational biology (or those who are familiar with some, but not all, aspects of the field). HIV research is unusual in that it brings together scientists from a wide range of disciplines: clinicians, pathologists,
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How Men Age

What Evolution Reveals about Male Health and Mortality

de Richard G. Bribiescas ...

A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lensWhile the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation—until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

A groundbreaking book that examines all aspects of male aging through an evolutionary lensWhile the health of aging men has been a focus of biomedical research for years, evolutionary biology has not been part of the conversation—until now. How Men Age is the first book to explore how natural selection has shaped male aging, how evolutionary theory can inform our understanding of male health and
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Search Before the Dog: Domestication, Persistence, and the Origins of the Dog

de L. Jack Rhodes ...

Before the Dog offers a new account of how wolves became dogs—one that does not begin with taming, affection, or deliberate human design.Instead of asking when humans decided to domesticate wolves, this book asks a quieter question: how did certain canids manage to persist at the margins of human activity while others did not?Drawing on archaeology, paleopathology, evolutionary biology, behavioral ... Leer más

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Before the Dog offers a new account of how wolves became dogs—one that does not begin with taming, affection, or deliberate human design.Instead of asking when humans decided to domesticate wolves, this book asks a quieter question: how did certain canids manage to persist at the margins of human activity while others did not?Drawing on archaeology, paleopathology, evolutionary biology, behavioral
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Bruder Tier

Mensch und Tier in Mythos und Evolution

de Karl König ...

Series series Karl König Werkausgabe
Karl Königs auf Brüderlichkeit begründetes Denken und Sinnen galt neben dem Menschen gleichermaßen den Tieren. Seine Tierbetrachtungen erlauben einen imaginativen Zugang zur Tierwelt und ein vertieftes Verständnis des Evolutionsgeschehens. Letztlich zeigt sich die unzertrennliche Verbundenheit von Mensch und Tier sowie die Notwendigkeit, das gegenwärtige Schicksal der Tiere in den Blick zu nehmen ... Leer más

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Karl Königs auf Brüderlichkeit begründetes Denken und Sinnen galt neben dem Menschen gleichermaßen den Tieren. Seine Tierbetrachtungen erlauben einen imaginativen Zugang zur Tierwelt und ein vertieftes Verständnis des Evolutionsgeschehens. Letztlich zeigt sich die unzertrennliche Verbundenheit von Mensch und Tier sowie die Notwendigkeit, das gegenwärtige Schicksal der Tiere in den Blick zu nehmen
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Moonstruck

How lunar cycles affect life

de Ernest Naylor ...

Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where ... Leer más

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Throughout history, the influence of the full Moon on humans and animals has featured in folklore and myths. Yet it has become increasingly apparent that many organisms really are influenced indirectly, and in some cases directly, by the lunar cycle. Breeding behaviour among some marine animals has been demonstrated to be controlled by internal circalunar biological clocks, to the point where
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Evolutionary Psychiatry

Current Perspectives on Evolution and Mental Health

Edición de Riadh Abed, Paul St John-Smith ...

Evolutionary psychiatry attempts to explain and examine the development and prevalence of psychiatric disorders through the lens of evolutionary and adaptationist theories. In this edited volume, leading international evolutionary scholars present a variety of Darwinian perspectives that will encourage readers to consider 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. Using insights from ... Leer más

$59.99 USD

Evolutionary psychiatry attempts to explain and examine the development and prevalence of psychiatric disorders through the lens of evolutionary and adaptationist theories. In this edited volume, leading international evolutionary scholars present a variety of Darwinian perspectives that will encourage readers to consider 'why' as well as 'how' mental disorders arise. Using insights from
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Das Mosaik der Menschwerdung

Vom aufrechten Gang zur Eroberung der Erde: Humanevolution im Überblick

de Dierk Suhr ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Humanevolution im Überblick: Das Mosaik der MenschwerdungBis vor wenigen Jahren schien die Entstehung des Menschen weitgehend geklärt, der menschliche Stammbaum vollständig darstellbar: Entstanden in Afrika, sollte sich unsere Gattung von Vor- und Frühmenschen in einer aufsteigenden Reihe zum modernen Homo sapiens entwickelt haben. Auslöser dieser Entwicklung sollten aufrechter Gang, ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

Humanevolution im Überblick: Das Mosaik der MenschwerdungBis vor wenigen Jahren schien die Entstehung des Menschen weitgehend geklärt, der menschliche Stammbaum vollständig darstellbar: Entstanden in Afrika, sollte sich unsere Gattung von Vor- und Frühmenschen in einer aufsteigenden Reihe zum modernen Homo sapiens entwickelt haben. Auslöser dieser Entwicklung sollten aufrechter Gang,
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Impronta, les heuristiques cognitives de la nature

de Javier Valle ...

MPRONTA : Les heuristiques cognitives de la natureEt si l'intelligence n'était pas un privilège du cerveau, mais le langage secret de la vie elle-même ?Imaginez un colibri qui « calcule » l'efficacité de sa chasse avant l'aube, ou un virus qui externalise la quasi-totalité de son travail biologique pour optimiser sa survie. Pensez à la Mimosa pudica, cette plante qui se rétracte au moindre contact ... Leer más

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MPRONTA : Les heuristiques cognitives de la natureEt si l'intelligence n'était pas un privilège du cerveau, mais le langage secret de la vie elle-même ?Imaginez un colibri qui « calcule » l'efficacité de sa chasse avant l'aube, ou un virus qui externalise la quasi-totalité de son travail biologique pour optimiser sa survie. Pensez à la Mimosa pudica, cette plante qui se rétracte au moindre contact
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The Design of Mammals

A Scaling Approach

de John William Prothero ...

Despite an astonishing 100 million-fold range in adult body mass from bumblebee bat to blue whale, all mammals are formed of the same kinds of molecules, cells, tissues and organs and to the same overall body plan. A scaling approach investigates the principles of mammal design by examining the ways in which mammals of diverse size and taxonomy are quantitatively comparable. This book presents an ... Leer más

$47.99 USD

Despite an astonishing 100 million-fold range in adult body mass from bumblebee bat to blue whale, all mammals are formed of the same kinds of molecules, cells, tissues and organs and to the same overall body plan. A scaling approach investigates the principles of mammal design by examining the ways in which mammals of diverse size and taxonomy are quantitatively comparable. This book presents an
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Il topo che amava i gatti

E altre stranezze dell’evoluzione

de Michel Raymond ...

Il mondo è pieno di curiosità naturali; alcune di queste sono così bizzarre e improbabili che stentiamo a credere che possano esistere davvero. Come diavolo fa il pipistrello a «vedere» con i suoni? Possibile che esistano topi attirati dall’odore dei gatti, tanto da andare loro incontro ed esserne sbranati? Sono stupidi? Possiamo anche prendere le cose nel senso opposto e chiederci per quale ... Leer más

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Il mondo è pieno di curiosità naturali; alcune di queste sono così bizzarre e improbabili che stentiamo a credere che possano esistere davvero. Come diavolo fa il pipistrello a «vedere» con i suoni? Possibile che esistano topi attirati dall’odore dei gatti, tanto da andare loro incontro ed esserne sbranati? Sono stupidi? Possiamo anche prendere le cose nel senso opposto e chiederci per quale
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Oxidative Stress and Hormesis in Evolutionary Ecology and Physiology

A Marriage Between Mechanistic and Evolutionary Approaches

de David Costantini ...

This book discusses oxidative stress and hormesis from the perspective of an evolutionary ecologist or physiologist. In the first of ten chapters, general historical information, definitions, and background of research on oxidative stress physiology, hormesis, and life history are provided. Chapters 2-10 highlight the different solutions that organisms have evolved to cope with the oxidative ... Leer más

$143.99 USD

This book discusses oxidative stress and hormesis from the perspective of an evolutionary ecologist or physiologist. In the first of ten chapters, general historical information, definitions, and background of research on oxidative stress physiology, hormesis, and life history are provided. Chapters 2-10 highlight the different solutions that organisms have evolved to cope with the oxidative
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Microbiome Community Ecology

Fundamentals and Applications

de Muhammad Saleem ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the mechanisms, patterns, and processes that regulate prokaryotic diversity through different habitats in the context of evolutionary and ecological hypotheses, principles, and theories. Despite the tremendous role of prokaryotic diversity in the function of the global ecosystem, it remains understudied in comparison to the rest of biological diversity. In this book, the authors ... Leer más

$53.99 USD

This book reviews the mechanisms, patterns, and processes that regulate prokaryotic diversity through different habitats in the context of evolutionary and ecological hypotheses, principles, and theories. Despite the tremendous role of prokaryotic diversity in the function of the global ecosystem, it remains understudied in comparison to the rest of biological diversity. In this book, the authors
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Earth: The Nitty Gritty

de Hassan Rasheed ...

Humanity was born into a different world than the one it finds itself living in at this moment. The world back then was a simple one guided by Nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition. So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain. This is a ... Leer más

$4.99 USD

Humanity was born into a different world than the one it finds itself living in at this moment. The world back then was a simple one guided by Nature and void of the amalgam of taboos and draconian rules that have only one purpose: to complicate and confuse the human condition. So, instead of simple desires and wants the human element has been amplified beyond what Earth can sustain. This is a
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The Evolution of Life Worth Living

Why we choose to live

de C. A. Soper ...

Why do most of us enjoy being alive? Psychologist Dr C A Soper argues that a zest for life evolved as a survival necessity, ultimately because our species, and ours alone, has to live with the possibility of suicide. Suicide may have been our ancestors' most formative evolutionary problem, solutions to which have shaped the construction of the human mind and touch on almost every aspect of our day ... Leer más

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Why do most of us enjoy being alive? Psychologist Dr C A Soper argues that a zest for life evolved as a survival necessity, ultimately because our species, and ours alone, has to live with the possibility of suicide. Suicide may have been our ancestors' most formative evolutionary problem, solutions to which have shaped the construction of the human mind and touch on almost every aspect of our day
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De la sabana a Marte

La economía de la inteligencia natural

de Xavier Sala i Martín ...

¿Cómo funciona el cerebro? ¿Qué es la inteligencia? ¿Cuáles son las ideas que han transformado el mundo?Una historia apasionante de la humanidad a través de las ideas científicas, tecnológicas y sociales que nos han permitido alcanzar niveles de prosperidad colosales.Un homenaje a las 10.000 generaciones que han sido necesarias para poder realizar el viaje desde la vida con los leones en la sabana ... Leer más

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¿Cómo funciona el cerebro? ¿Qué es la inteligencia? ¿Cuáles son las ideas que han transformado el mundo?Una historia apasionante de la humanidad a través de las ideas científicas, tecnológicas y sociales que nos han permitido alcanzar niveles de prosperidad colosales.Un homenaje a las 10.000 generaciones que han sido necesarias para poder realizar el viaje desde la vida con los leones en la sabana
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The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms

Darwinian Biology’s Grand Narrative of Triumph and the Subversion of Religion

de Robert F. Shedinger ...

Is Darwinian evolution really the most successful scientific theory ever proposed--or even the best idea anyone has ever had, as Daniel Dennett once put it? The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms provides a comprehensive critical reading of the literature of evolutionary biology from Darwin to Dobzhansky to Dawkins, revealing this popular account of evolution to be a grand narrative of Darwinian ... Leer más

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Is Darwinian evolution really the most successful scientific theory ever proposed--or even the best idea anyone has ever had, as Daniel Dennett once put it? The Mystery of Evolutionary Mechanisms provides a comprehensive critical reading of the literature of evolutionary biology from Darwin to Dobzhansky to Dawkins, revealing this popular account of evolution to be a grand narrative of Darwinian
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Nontarget Effects of Biological Control

Edición de Jian J. Duan, Peter A. Follett ...

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the ... Leer más

$188.99 USD

Nontarget Effects of Biological Control is the first book of its kind. The environmental safety of biological control has come under scrutiny due to several areas of concerns: the irreversibility of alien introductions, the prevalence of host switching to innocuous native or beneficial species, dispersal of the biocontrol agent to new habitats away from croplands, and the lack of research on the
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The Three Human Races

de O-O Happiness ...

We are told today by the scientific community that all humans living today are related directly from a common ancestor who emerged from Africa around 70,000 years ago.Perhaps this is true, but I doubt it.I believe the evidence suggests there are three human races.Read on to find out why... ... Leer más

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We are told today by the scientific community that all humans living today are related directly from a common ancestor who emerged from Africa around 70,000 years ago.Perhaps this is true, but I doubt it.I believe the evidence suggests there are three human races.Read on to find out why...
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Nature's Machines

An Introduction to Organismal Biomechanics

de David E. Alexander ...

Nature's Machines: An Introduction to Organismal Biomechanics presents the fundamental principles of biomechanics in a concise, accessible way while maintaining necessary rigor. It covers the central principles of whole-organism biomechanics as they apply across the animal and plant kingdoms, featuring brief, tightly-focused coverage that does for biologists what H. M. Frost's 1967 Introduction to ... Leer más

$44.99 USD

Nature's Machines: An Introduction to Organismal Biomechanics presents the fundamental principles of biomechanics in a concise, accessible way while maintaining necessary rigor. It covers the central principles of whole-organism biomechanics as they apply across the animal and plant kingdoms, featuring brief, tightly-focused coverage that does for biologists what H. M. Frost's 1967 Introduction to
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Confession of the Evolutionists

de Adnan Oktar (Harun Yahya) ...

Ever since it was first put forward, certain materialist circles have attempted to portray the theory of evolution as scientific fact. in fact, however, the theory, which claims that life emerged as the result of chance processes, has been utterly disproved by all branches of science. Over the 150 or so years from the time of Charles Darwin, the founder of the theory, to the present day, ... Leer más

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Ever since it was first put forward, certain materialist circles have attempted to portray the theory of evolution as scientific fact. in fact, however, the theory, which claims that life emerged as the result of chance processes, has been utterly disproved by all branches of science. Over the 150 or so years from the time of Charles Darwin, the founder of the theory, to the present day,
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Delilah and the Space Rigger. Illustrated

de Robert A. Heinlein ...

Robert A. Heinlein’s Delilah and the Space Rigger is a sharp and thought-provoking science fiction short story that explores themes of gender roles, workplace dynamics, and progress in space exploration. First published in 1949, this story showcases Heinlein’s trademark blend of humor, social commentary, and hard science fiction. The story takes place on a space station under construction, where ... Leer más

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Robert A. Heinlein’s Delilah and the Space Rigger is a sharp and thought-provoking science fiction short story that explores themes of gender roles, workplace dynamics, and progress in space exploration. First published in 1949, this story showcases Heinlein’s trademark blend of humor, social commentary, and hard science fiction. The story takes place on a space station under construction, where
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O macaco com o esplêndido manto.

Da fragilidade original à consciência universal.

de Bruno Del Medico ...

Series Libro 953 - POR - PensareDiverso
Durante milênios, nos descrevemos como um “macaco nu”: um animal frágil, repentinamente lançado ao mundo sem garras nem armaduras, cercado por forças naturais incompreensíveis e predadores mais bem equipados, tornado famoso por Desmond Morris, etólogo e antropólogo, graças ao seu famoso livro de 1967 intitulado justamente “The Naked Ape” (O Macaco Nu). Uma criatura assustada, que aprendeu a ... Leer más

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Durante milênios, nos descrevemos como um “macaco nu”: um animal frágil, repentinamente lançado ao mundo sem garras nem armaduras, cercado por forças naturais incompreensíveis e predadores mais bem equipados, tornado famoso por Desmond Morris, etólogo e antropólogo, graças ao seu famoso livro de 1967 intitulado justamente “The Naked Ape” (O Macaco Nu). Uma criatura assustada, que aprendeu a
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Astronomical & Biological Unfolding of Time

de Michael A. Susko ...

The Astronomical & Biological Unfolding of TimeA Logarithmic Journey through the Cosmos and LifeRather than unfolding evenly, the universe evolves in pulses—leaps of increasing complexity that reveal a hidden structure beneath the surface of time. This work introduces a logarithmic model of emergence, tracing deep transformations from the cosmos to consciousness.The first volume follows the ... Leer más

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The Astronomical & Biological Unfolding of TimeA Logarithmic Journey through the Cosmos and LifeRather than unfolding evenly, the universe evolves in pulses—leaps of increasing complexity that reveal a hidden structure beneath the surface of time. This work introduces a logarithmic model of emergence, tracing deep transformations from the cosmos to consciousness.The first volume follows the
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Understanding Development

de Alessandro Minelli ...

Series series Understanding Life
Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything ... Leer más

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Developmental biology is seemingly well understood, with development widely accepted as being a series of programmed changes through which an egg turns into an adult organism, or a seed matures into a plant. However, the picture is much more complex than that: is it all genetically controlled or does environment have an influence? Is the final adult stage the target of development and everything
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