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Food webs have now been addressed in empirical and theoretical research for more than 50 years. Yet, even elementary foundational issues are still hotly debated. One difficulty is that a multitude of processes need to be taken into account to understand the patterns...
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Wiley
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2013-05-28
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Our view of plants is changing dramatically. Rather than being only slowly responding organisms, their signaling is often very fast and signals, both of endogenous and exogenous origin, spread throughout plant bodies rapidly. Higher plants coordinate and integrate their...
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Springer
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2013-05-27
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Signaling and Communication in Plants
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The book provides information essential for anyone interested in the ecology of the American Southwest, including land managers, environmental planners, conservationists, ecologists and students. It is unique in its coverage of the hows and whys of dynamics (changes) in...
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Springer
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2013-05-27
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Summing up almost a decade of biomedical research, this topical and eagerly awaited handbook is the first reference on the topic to incorporate recent breakthroughs in amyloid research. The first part covers the structural biology of amyloid fibrils and pre-fibrillar...
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Wiley-VCH
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2013-05-24
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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
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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
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2013-05-07
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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
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2013-05-01
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This book began life as a series of lectures given to second and third year undergraduates at Oxford University. These lectures were designed to give students insights as to how marine ecosystems functioned, how they were being affected by natural and human...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2013-04-30
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*UNALLOCATED*
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Numerical ability is an essential skill for everyone studying the biological sciences but many students are frightened by the 'perceived' difficulty of mathematics, and are nervous about applying mathematical skills in their chosen field of study. Having taught...
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Wiley
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2013-04-25
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Proteins: Structure and Function is a comprehensive introduction to the study of proteins and their importance to modern biochemistry. Each chapter addresses the structure and function of proteins with a definitive theme designed to enhance student understanding....
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Wiley
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2013-04-25
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