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Microarray technology provides researchers in the life sciences with a revolutionary tool for measuring gene expression. However, this highly developed process involves multiple steps, from sample selection to data analysis, each susceptible to potentially costly...
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Wiley-Liss
Parution :
2005-02-18
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Insects and fungi have a shared history of association in common habitats where together they endure similar environmental conditions, but only recently have mycologists and entomologists recognized and had the techniques to study the intricacies of some of the...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2005-02-03
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Thermodynamics of Biochemical Reactions emphasizes the fundamental equations of thermodynamics and the application of these equations to systems of biochemical reactions. This emphasis leads to new thermodynamic potentials that provide criteria for spontaneous change...
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Wiley-Interscience
Parution :
2005-01-14
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Respiration represents the major area of ignorance in our understanding of the global carbon cycle. In spite of its obvious ecological and biogeochemical importance, most oceanographic and limnological textbooks invariably deal with respiration only superficially and as...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-01-06
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For several years there has been a growing interest in understanding the dynamics of parasites in ecosystems, as well as the diversity of ways in which they influence ecosystem functioning through their effects on host populations and communities. Ecologists,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-01-06
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Biodiversity in Drylands, the first internationally based synthesis volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Series, unifies the concepts of species and landscape diversity with respect to deserts. Within this framework, the book treats several...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-12-09
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Over the course of nearly half a century, Sam Edwards has led the field of condensed matter physics into new directions, ranging from the electronic and statistical properties of disordered materials to the mechanical properties of granular materials. Along the way, he...
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Clarendon Press
Parution :
2004-12-02
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Mammals are the dominant large animals of today, occurring in virtually every environment. This book is an account of the remarkable 320 million year long fossil record that documents their origin, their long spell as no more than small, nocturnal creatures, and their...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-11-04
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The environmental movement has often been accused of being overly negative--trying to stop "progress."The Nature of Design, on the other hand, is about starting things, specifically an ecological design revolution that changes how we provide food, shelter, energy,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-10-14
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Published amid a firestorm of controversy in 1859, this is a book that changed the world. Reasoned and well-documented in its arguments, it offers coherent views of natural selection, adaptation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest, and other concepts...
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Penguin
Parution :
2004-09-02
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Genetically modified plants are currently causing controversy worldwide; a great deal has been written about their supposed environmental effects. However, the newspaper headlines and public debates often provide a level of reasoning akin to "this is your brain on...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-08-19
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This book provides basic principles of multivalent interactions found in biological systems as well as an up-to-date and thorough coverage in design concepts, syntheses, and biological activities of multivalent molecules. * Contains practical examples of synthetic...
Editeur :
Wiley-Interscience
Parution :
2004-08-13
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The completion of the first draft of the human genome has led to an explosion of interest in genetics and molecular biology.The view of the genome as a network of interacting computational components is well-established, but researchers are now trying to reverse the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-08-05
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This edited volume is provides an authoritative synthesis of knowledge about the history of life. All the major groups of organisms are treated, by the leading workers in their fields. With sections on: The Importance of Knowing the Tree of Life; The Origin and...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-07-22
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This book provides a modern, synthetic overview of interactions between insects and their environments from a physiological perspective that integrates information across a range of approaches and scales. It shows that evolved physiological responses at the individual...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-07-15
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The ability at the molecular level to keep track of time is a property shared by organisms ranging from the simplest unicells to humans.The primary feature of these biological clocks is their ability to entrain to environmental stimuli.The dominant stimulus comes from...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2004-06-25
Collection :
Novartis Foundation Symposia
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This beautifully illustrated textbook provides a clear guide to the tools and techniques of genetic engineering, gene cloning and molecular biology. All aspects of genetic engineering in the post-genomic era are covered, beginning with the basics of DNA structure and...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2004-06-25
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Cells, Aging, and Human Disease is the first book to explore aging all the way from genes to clinical application, analyzing the fundamental cellular changes which underlie human age-related disease. With over 4,000 references, this text explores both the fundamental...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-06-10
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Most biologists use nonlinear regression more than any other statistical technique, but there are very few places to learn about curve-fitting. This book, by the author of the very successful Intuitive Biostatistics, addresses this relatively focused need of an...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-05-27
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A famous ecologist and a philosopher of science team up to offer a fresh new approach to population biology and ecology. Challenging the traditionally accepted Lotka-Volterra model, which is based on predator-prey interactions, this new model emphasizes maternal...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-04-29
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