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Pharmacie Translationnelle, Gènes et Santé

by Edenilson Brandl ...

La génétique est un domaine d'étude fascinant qui nous permet de percer les mystères et les complexités du patrimoine biologique et de comprendre comment nos gènes façonnent divers aspects de notre santé et de notre bien-être. Depuis l'aube de la science, la génétique a fait l'objet d'explorations et d'investigations, et ses progrès ont révolutionné la façon dont nous comprenons et traitons un ... Read more

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La génétique est un domaine d'étude fascinant qui nous permet de percer les mystères et les complexités du patrimoine biologique et de comprendre comment nos gènes façonnent divers aspects de notre santé et de notre bien-être. Depuis l'aube de la science, la génétique a fait l'objet d'explorations et d'investigations, et ses progrès ont révolutionné la façon dont nous comprenons et traitons un
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Pocket Evolution

by Rumi Michael Leigh ...

Series series Things You Should Know (Questions and Answers)
Unlock the mysteries of evolution with "Pocket Evolution: Essential Knowledge in Questions and Answers." This compact guide is perfect for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of one of science's most fundamental concepts. Whether you're a student, teacher, or just curious about the origins and development of life, this book provides clear and concise answers to essential questions on ... Read more

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Unlock the mysteries of evolution with "Pocket Evolution: Essential Knowledge in Questions and Answers." This compact guide is perfect for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of one of science's most fundamental concepts. Whether you're a student, teacher, or just curious about the origins and development of life, this book provides clear and concise answers to essential questions on
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The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth

Dental Morphology and its Variation in Recent and Fossil Homo sapiens

by G. Richard Scott, Christy G. Turner II, Grant C. Townsend, María Martinón-Torres ...

Series Book 79 - Cambridge Studies in Biological and Evolutionary Anthropology
All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern. This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations. Research has advanced on many fronts since the publication of the first edition, which has become a seminal work on the subject. This revised and updated edition ... Read more

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All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern. This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations. Research has advanced on many fronts since the publication of the first edition, which has become a seminal work on the subject. This revised and updated edition
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African Dinosaurs Unearthed

The Tendaguru Expeditions

by Gerhard Maier ...

Series series Life of the Past
From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at ... Read more

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From 1907 to 1931 at Tendaguru, a remote site in present-day Tanzania, teams of German (and later British) paleontologists unearthed 220 tons of fossils, including the bones of a new dinosaur, one of the largest then known. For decades the mounted skeleton of this giant, Brachiosaurus, was the largest skeleton of a land animal on exhibit in the world. The dinosaur and other animal fossils found at
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Il terzo scimpanzé

Ascesa e caduta del primate Homo sapiens

by Jared Diamond ...

L’uomo è manifestamente diverso da tutti gli altri animali. Lo è soprattutto grazie al controllo assoluto (o quasi) che ha conseguito sulla natura, un controllo che si esprime nelle forme più peculiari della nostra civiltà. Alle capacità esclusive che hanno fatto dell’Homo sapiens il padrone del pianeta sono però associati anche aspetti oscuri, che proiettano ombre sinistre sul nostro futuro: ... Read more

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L’uomo è manifestamente diverso da tutti gli altri animali. Lo è soprattutto grazie al controllo assoluto (o quasi) che ha conseguito sulla natura, un controllo che si esprime nelle forme più peculiari della nostra civiltà. Alle capacità esclusive che hanno fatto dell’Homo sapiens il padrone del pianeta sono però associati anche aspetti oscuri, che proiettano ombre sinistre sul nostro futuro:
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Music as Biology

The Tones We Like and Why

by Dale Purves ...

The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? Why do differently organized scales elicit different emotions? Why are there so few notes in scales ... Read more

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The universality of musical tones has long fascinated philosophers, scientists, musicians, and ordinary listeners. Why do human beings worldwide find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? Why do differently organized scales elicit different emotions? Why are there so few notes in scales
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Before Humans

The Drama of World-Making

by Michael Vincent ...

Before the first humans drew breath, the universe was already ancient.Galaxies wheeled through the void for ages. Stars lived and died, forging the heavy elements that would become planets, oceans, and eventually life itself. Our sun ignited from the debris of a stellar encounter. Earth formed, cooled, and wrapped itself in water. In warm shallow seas, something began to stir.Before Humans traces ... Read more

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Before the first humans drew breath, the universe was already ancient.Galaxies wheeled through the void for ages. Stars lived and died, forging the heavy elements that would become planets, oceans, and eventually life itself. Our sun ignited from the debris of a stellar encounter. Earth formed, cooled, and wrapped itself in water. In warm shallow seas, something began to stir.Before Humans traces
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Overlevers

Hoe het komt dat wij de enige mensachtigen op aarde zijn

by Chris Stringer ...

Translated by Mark van Nieuwstadt ...

In dit baanbrekende boek tracht Chris Stringer antwoord te gevenop de grote vragen in het debat over onze oorsprong. Hebbenmodernemensen en neanderthalers elkaar ooit ontmoet enstroomt ermisschien zelfs neanderthalerbloed door onze aderen?Waren onze voorouders vervaarlijke kannibalen of bewerkten ze deoverblijfselen van hun doden uit eerbetoon? Waren grotschilderingenen gestileerde voorwerpen puur ... Read more

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In dit baanbrekende boek tracht Chris Stringer antwoord te gevenop de grote vragen in het debat over onze oorsprong. Hebbenmodernemensen en neanderthalers elkaar ooit ontmoet enstroomt ermisschien zelfs neanderthalerbloed door onze aderen?Waren onze voorouders vervaarlijke kannibalen of bewerkten ze deoverblijfselen van hun doden uit eerbetoon? Waren grotschilderingenen gestileerde voorwerpen puur
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Altern: Biologie und Chancen

Alter und Altern individuell, kollektiv und die Folgen

Edited by Anthony D. Ho, Thomas W. Holstein, Heinz Häfner ...

Series series Medicine (German Language)
Dies ist ein Open Access Buch. Wir haben immer mehr Alte, immer weniger Kinder. Dank wissenschaftlicher Fortschritte verlängert sich die Lebenserwartung ständig. Erkenntnisse aus der Naturwissenschaft in der post-genomischen Ära deuten darauf, dass diese Entwicklung trotz der Zunahme altersassoziierter Krankheiten und Behinderungen noch nicht am Ende angekommen ist. Droht diese Flut von Alten, ... Read more

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Dies ist ein Open Access Buch. Wir haben immer mehr Alte, immer weniger Kinder. Dank wissenschaftlicher Fortschritte verlängert sich die Lebenserwartung ständig. Erkenntnisse aus der Naturwissenschaft in der post-genomischen Ära deuten darauf, dass diese Entwicklung trotz der Zunahme altersassoziierter Krankheiten und Behinderungen noch nicht am Ende angekommen ist. Droht diese Flut von Alten,
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Dictyostelids

Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology

Edited by Maria Romeralo, Sandra Baldauf, Ricardo Escalante ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Since their discovery in 1869, the dictyostelids have attracted the attention of scientists in a wide variety of fields. This interest has stemmed from their peculiar lifestyle and developmental properties, which were shaped by the evolutionary forces that generated multicellularity during eukaryotic evolution. More recently, the dictyostelids have gained attention due to the striking similarities ... Read more

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Since their discovery in 1869, the dictyostelids have attracted the attention of scientists in a wide variety of fields. This interest has stemmed from their peculiar lifestyle and developmental properties, which were shaped by the evolutionary forces that generated multicellularity during eukaryotic evolution. More recently, the dictyostelids have gained attention due to the striking similarities
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A Review of Blastozoan Echinoderm Respiratory Structures

by Sarah L. Sheffield, Maggie R. Limbeck, Jennifer E. Bauer, Stephen A. Hill, Martina Nohejlová ...

Series series Elements of Paleontology
Echinoderms have evolved diverse and disparate morphologies throughout the Phanerozoic. Among them, blastozoans, an extinct group of echinoderms that were an important component of Paleozoic marine ecosystems, are primarily subdivided into groups based on the morphology of respiratory structures. However, systematic and phylogenetic research from the past few decades have shown that respiratory ... Read more

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Echinoderms have evolved diverse and disparate morphologies throughout the Phanerozoic. Among them, blastozoans, an extinct group of echinoderms that were an important component of Paleozoic marine ecosystems, are primarily subdivided into groups based on the morphology of respiratory structures. However, systematic and phylogenetic research from the past few decades have shown that respiratory
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Perturbation Theory

Mathematics, Methods and Applications

Edited by Giuseppe Gaeta ...

Series series Reference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics
This volume in the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Second Edition, is devoted to the fundamentals of Perturbation Theory (PT) as well as key applications areas such as Classical and Quantum Mechanics, Celestial Mechanics, and Molecular Dynamics. Less traditional fields of application, such as Biological Evolution, are also discussed. Leading scientists in each area of the field ... Read more

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This volume in the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Second Edition, is devoted to the fundamentals of Perturbation Theory (PT) as well as key applications areas such as Classical and Quantum Mechanics, Celestial Mechanics, and Molecular Dynamics. Less traditional fields of application, such as Biological Evolution, are also discussed. Leading scientists in each area of the field
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Evolution, Classification & Diversity

Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guide

by Sterling Education ...

Series series Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guides
Essential self-teaching guide on evolution, classification and diversity**.**From the foundations of a living cell to the complex mechanisms of gene expression, Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guides are a comprehensive compendium of clearly explained texts to learn and master multifaceted biology topics.These guides provide a detailed review of fundamental biological processes of living systems. ... Read more

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Essential self-teaching guide on evolution, classification and diversity**.**From the foundations of a living cell to the complex mechanisms of gene expression, Essential Biology Self-Teaching Guides are a comprehensive compendium of clearly explained texts to learn and master multifaceted biology topics.These guides provide a detailed review of fundamental biological processes of living systems.
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Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes

Edited by Jan Tachezy ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The new edition focuses on the latest information on mitochondrion-derived organelles, particularly on hydrogenosomes and mitosomes. It has become more and more evident that hydrogenosomes and mitosomes are just two specific members of larger family of organelles derived to various extent from mitochondria due to adaptation to oxygen-poor environment and to the parasitic life style. Since the 1st ... Read more

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The new edition focuses on the latest information on mitochondrion-derived organelles, particularly on hydrogenosomes and mitosomes. It has become more and more evident that hydrogenosomes and mitosomes are just two specific members of larger family of organelles derived to various extent from mitochondria due to adaptation to oxygen-poor environment and to the parasitic life style. Since the 1st
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Molluscan Faunas of the Gulf of Mexico

Endemism in North America’s Inland Sea

by Edward J. Petuch, David P. Berschauer ...

Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. As a result of these new discoveries, the Gulf malacofauna is shown to contain large numbers of endemic species that reside within four separate biogeographical subdivisions of the larger Carolinian Molluscan Province: the ... Read more

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Recent biodiversity studies, reported here for the first time, have shown that the molluscan fauna of the Gulf of Mexico is far richer and more complex than previously thought. As a result of these new discoveries, the Gulf malacofauna is shown to contain large numbers of endemic species that reside within four separate biogeographical subdivisions of the larger Carolinian Molluscan Province: the
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Reconstructing the Tree of Life

Taxonomy and Systematics of Species Rich Taxa

Edited by Trevor R. Hodkinson, John A.N. Parnell ...

To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b ... Read more

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To document the world's diversity of species and reconstruct the tree of life we need to undertake some simple but mountainous tasks. Most importantly, we need to tackle species rich groups. We need to collect, name, and classify them, and then position them on the tree of life. We need to do this systematically across all groups of organisms and b
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The oil-collecting bees of Centris (Aphemisia)/ (Schisthemisia) (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

by Felipe Vivallo ...

This book deals with two lineages of solitary bees that are distributed throughout the Neotropical Region, collecting oil from plants with oil-bearing flowers, producing their reproduction.New species for science belonging to the two groups studied are described here: the subgenera Centris (Aphemisia) and C. (Schisthemisia). Additionally, diagnoses of the species already described, identification ... Read more

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This book deals with two lineages of solitary bees that are distributed throughout the Neotropical Region, collecting oil from plants with oil-bearing flowers, producing their reproduction.New species for science belonging to the two groups studied are described here: the subgenera Centris (Aphemisia) and C. (Schisthemisia). Additionally, diagnoses of the species already described, identification
... Read more
Prove di fatto intorno al posto che tiene l’uomo nella natura

by Thomas Henry Huxley ...

Translated by Pietro Marchi ...

Questa è un’opera divulgativa di grande efficacia, nella quale Huxley affronta il problema filosoficamente decisivo di come considerare la posizione dell’uomo nello scenario della natura affrontando abbastanza marginalmente il problema della selezione naturale posto da Darwin. Evidences as to Man’s Place in Nature apparve nel 1863 ed è il primo libro di Huxley. Il materiale del testo proviene ... Read more

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Questa è un’opera divulgativa di grande efficacia, nella quale Huxley affronta il problema filosoficamente decisivo di come considerare la posizione dell’uomo nello scenario della natura affrontando abbastanza marginalmente il problema della selezione naturale posto da Darwin. Evidences as to Man’s Place in Nature apparve nel 1863 ed è il primo libro di Huxley. Il materiale del testo proviene
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L’Origine des espèces

by Charles Darwin ...

Classiques de la littérature, sélectionnés et commentés.L'œuvre révolutionnaire qui a redéfini notre compréhension de la vie sur Terre.Ce livre révèle comment les espèces s'adaptent et évoluent au fil du temps. À travers des observations minutieuses et des exemples précis, Darwin a remis en question les idées préconçues sur la création et la diversité des formes de vie.Lecture incontournable où ... Read more

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Classiques de la littérature, sélectionnés et commentés.L'œuvre révolutionnaire qui a redéfini notre compréhension de la vie sur Terre.Ce livre révèle comment les espèces s'adaptent et évoluent au fil du temps. À travers des observations minutieuses et des exemples précis, Darwin a remis en question les idées préconçues sur la création et la diversité des formes de vie.Lecture incontournable où
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Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics

by Masatoshi Nei, Sudhir Kumar ...

During the last ten years, remarkable progress has occurred in the study of molecular evolution. Among the most important factors that are responsible for this progress are the development of new statistical methods and advances in computational technology. In particular, phylogenetic analysis of DNA or protein sequences has become a powerful tool for studying molecular evolution. Along with this ... Read more

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During the last ten years, remarkable progress has occurred in the study of molecular evolution. Among the most important factors that are responsible for this progress are the development of new statistical methods and advances in computational technology. In particular, phylogenetic analysis of DNA or protein sequences has become a powerful tool for studying molecular evolution. Along with this
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Mechanisms of Life History Evolution

The Genetics and Physiology of Life History Traits and Trade-Offs

Edited by Thomas Flatt, Andreas Heyland ...

Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction, and survival and by investigating the trade-offs that constrain the evolution of these traits. Although life history theory has made enormous progress in explaining the diversity of life history strategies among ... Read more

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Life history theory seeks to explain the evolution of the major features of life cycles by analyzing the ecological factors that shape age-specific schedules of growth, reproduction, and survival and by investigating the trade-offs that constrain the evolution of these traits. Although life history theory has made enormous progress in explaining the diversity of life history strategies among
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A World From Dust

How the Periodic Table Shaped Life

by Ben McFarland ...

A World From Dust describes how a set of chemical rules combined with the principles of evolution in order to create an environment in which life as we know it could unfold. Beginning with simple mathematics, these predictable rules led to the advent of the planet itself, as well as cells, organs and organelles, ecosystems, and increasingly complex life forms. McFarland provides an accessible ... Read more

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A World From Dust describes how a set of chemical rules combined with the principles of evolution in order to create an environment in which life as we know it could unfold. Beginning with simple mathematics, these predictable rules led to the advent of the planet itself, as well as cells, organs and organelles, ecosystems, and increasingly complex life forms. McFarland provides an accessible
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Darwin's Legacy

What Evolution Means Today

by John Dupré ...

Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the universe and our place in it with his development of the theory of evolution. 150 years later, we are still puzzling over the implications. John Dupré presents a lucid, witty introduction to evolution and what it means for our view of humanity, the natural world, and religion. He explains the right and the wrong ways to understand evolution: in ... Read more

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Charles Darwin transformed our understanding of the universe and our place in it with his development of the theory of evolution. 150 years later, we are still puzzling over the implications. John Dupré presents a lucid, witty introduction to evolution and what it means for our view of humanity, the natural world, and religion. He explains the right and the wrong ways to understand evolution: in
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Ancestors, Territoriality, and Gods

A Natural History of Religion

by Davina Grojnowski, Ina Wunn ...

Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
This books sets out to explain how and why religion came into being. Today this question is as fascinating as ever, especially since religion has moved to the centre of socio-political relationships. In contrast to the current, but incomplete approaches from disciplines such as cognitive science and psychology, the present authors adopt a new approach, equally manifest and constructive, that ... Read more

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This books sets out to explain how and why religion came into being. Today this question is as fascinating as ever, especially since religion has moved to the centre of socio-political relationships. In contrast to the current, but incomplete approaches from disciplines such as cognitive science and psychology, the present authors adopt a new approach, equally manifest and constructive, that
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