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This introductory textbook examines diminishing terrestrial and aquatic habitats in the tropics, covering a broad range of topics including the fate of the coral reefs; the impact of agriculture, urbanization, and logging on habitat depletion; and the effects of fire on...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-05-22
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Of major economic, environmental and social importance, industrial microbiology involves the utilization of microorganisms in the production of a wide range of products, including enzymes, foods, beverages, chemical feedstocks, fuels and pharmaceuticals, and clean...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-05-22
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This volume describes the latest findings on transcriptional and translational regulation of stem cells. Both transcriptional activators and repressors have been shown to be crucial for the maintenance of the stem cell state. A key element of stem cell maintenance is...
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Springer
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2013-05-22
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Described as the earliest, simplest life forms, with unlimited metabolic versatility, bacteria are ideally suited to answer some very fundamental questions on life and its processes. They have been employed in almost all fields of biological studies, including Genetics....
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Springer
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2013-05-21
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Iron Acquisition by the Genus Mycobacterium summarizes the early evidence for the necessity of iron in mycobacteria and the discovery of the mycobacterial siderophores mycobactin, carboxymycobactin, and exochelin. The structural characterization of the mycobacterial...
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Springer
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2013-05-17
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Recent research has focused attention on the importance of intrinsic antiviral immunity, i.e. immunity mediated by factors that are constitutively expressed in many cells. In this volume, leading experts provide a comprehensive overview of this relatively new and...
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Springer
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2013-05-17
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Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
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The challenge of population aging requires innovative approaches to meet the needs of increasing numbers of older people. Emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as pervasive computing and ambient assistive technology, have considerable...
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Springer
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2013-05-16
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Many Microorganisms and some macro-organisms can live under extreme conditions. For example, high and low temperature, acidic and alkaline conditions, high salt areas, high pressure, toxic compounds, high level of ionizing radiation, anoxia and absence of light, etc....
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Springer
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2013-05-13
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Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
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The recent advances in Programming Somatic Cell (PSC) including induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPS) and Induced Neuronal phenotypes (iN), has changed our experimental landscape and opened new possibilities.The advances in PSC have provided an important tool for the...
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Springer
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2013-05-13
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Research and Perspectives in Neurosciences
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The book provides an overview of current trends in biotechnology and medicinal plant sciences.The work includes detailed chapters on various advance biotechnological tools involved in production of phytoactive compounds of medicinal significance. Some recent and novel...
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Springer
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2013-05-13
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Biofuel Crop Sustainability brings together the basic principles of agricultural sustainability and special stipulations for biofuels, from the economic and ecological opportunities and challenges of sustainable biofuel crop production to the unique characteristics of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-05-07
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?“Gets deep into the weeds, so to speak, of the microscopic architecture of plants and the biochemical processes at play.” —Washington Post Most gardeners realize that plants need to be fed, but many of us know little about the nature of the science...
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Timber Press
Parution :
2013-05-07
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"This excellent work fills the need for an upper-level graduate course resource that examines the latest biochemical, biophysical, and molecular biological methods for analyzing the structures and physical properties of biomolecules… This reviewer showed [the book] to...
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Wiley
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2013-05-03
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Principles of Human Evolution presents an in-depth introduction to paleoanthropology and the study of human evolution. Focusing on the fundamentals of evolutionary theory and how these apply to ecological, molecular genetic, paleontological and archeological approaches...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-05-03
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The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology.The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-05-02
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The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology.The theory asserts, perhaps somewhat controversially, that the driving force behind evolution is...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-05-02
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Wie kann Wissenschaft von Pseudowissenschaft unterschieden werden? In dieser Untersuchung wird der Versuch unternommen, dieses extern-normative Demarkationsproblem auf der Grundlage des Konzepts von Wissenschaft zu beantworten, welches von Gerhard Schurz entwickelt...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-05-01
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All students and researchers in environmental and biological sciences require statistical methods at some stage of their work. Many have a preconception that statistics are difficult and unpleasant and find that the textbooks available are difficult to understand. ...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2013-04-30
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"As will be seen, there is not much missing here. I thought that the sections were well balanced, with rarely too much or too little on a given topic...This is a text to be welcomed by both teachers and students." BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY EDUCATION (on the first...
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Wiley
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2013-04-30
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In the current era of complete genome sequencing, Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution provides an up-to-date and comprehensive introduction to bioinformatics in the context of evolutionary biology. This accessible text: provides a thorough examination of sequence...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-04-30
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