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L’étonnant Panda

Erreur de la nature ou merveille d'adaptation?

by Cyrille Barrette ...

Tout le monde est séduit par ce drôle d’animal au pelage noir et blanc, placide, potelé et apparemment inoffensif. Mais l’histoire et l’évolution du Panda sont énigmatiques. Comment cet ours – car c’est un ours – est-il devenu végétarien ? Pourquoi arbore-t-il cette fourrure si spectaculaire ? Comment expliquer la présence d’un deuxième pouce ? Pourquoi ne mange-t-il que du bambou qu’il ne digère ... Read more

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Tout le monde est séduit par ce drôle d’animal au pelage noir et blanc, placide, potelé et apparemment inoffensif. Mais l’histoire et l’évolution du Panda sont énigmatiques. Comment cet ours – car c’est un ours – est-il devenu végétarien ? Pourquoi arbore-t-il cette fourrure si spectaculaire ? Comment expliquer la présence d’un deuxième pouce ? Pourquoi ne mange-t-il que du bambou qu’il ne digère
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Evolução

Da Origem da Vida à Diversidade Humana

by Lucas Marino Vivot ...

Com linguagem clara e exemplos que aproximam o leitor da realidade, este livro apresenta os fundamentos da teoria da evolução biológica e sua relevância para compreender a vida em toda a sua diversidade. São abordados temas como a origem da vida, o papel das mutações e da seleção natural, a formação das espécies, o registro fóssil e as evidências moleculares que sustentam o processo evolutivo. O ... Read more

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Com linguagem clara e exemplos que aproximam o leitor da realidade, este livro apresenta os fundamentos da teoria da evolução biológica e sua relevância para compreender a vida em toda a sua diversidade. São abordados temas como a origem da vida, o papel das mutações e da seleção natural, a formação das espécies, o registro fóssil e as evidências moleculares que sustentam o processo evolutivo. O
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The Theory of Evolution in the Light of Facts

by Karl Frank ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
Published in 1913: The object of the present work is to throw some light on the theory of Descent. Among many of the students of nature of the present day we perceive that greater and greater contradictions arise between the actual results of their technical work and that which they put forward as ‘postulates’ of the theory of Evolution. ... Read more

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Published in 1913: The object of the present work is to throw some light on the theory of Descent. Among many of the students of nature of the present day we perceive that greater and greater contradictions arise between the actual results of their technical work and that which they put forward as ‘postulates’ of the theory of Evolution.
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Comparative Social Evolution

Edited by Dustin R. Rubenstein, Patrick Abbot ...

Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadly as cooperative group living - remains one of the most intriguing problems in biology. Providing a unique perspective on the study of social evolution, this volume synthesizes the features of animal social life across the principle ... Read more

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Darwin famously described special difficulties in explaining social evolution in insects. More than a century later, the evolution of sociality - defined broadly as cooperative group living - remains one of the most intriguing problems in biology. Providing a unique perspective on the study of social evolution, this volume synthesizes the features of animal social life across the principle
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Evolution in the Dark

Darwin's Loss Without Selection

by Horst Wilkens, Ulrike Strecker ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides fascinating insights into the development and genetics of evolutionary processes on the basis of animals living in the dark, such as the Astyanax cave fish.Biologically functionless traits show high variability, which results from neutral deleterious mutations no longer being eliminated by natural selection, which normally acts to preserve functional capability. These negative ... Read more

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This book provides fascinating insights into the development and genetics of evolutionary processes on the basis of animals living in the dark, such as the Astyanax cave fish.Biologically functionless traits show high variability, which results from neutral deleterious mutations no longer being eliminated by natural selection, which normally acts to preserve functional capability. These negative
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Dinosaurs and Other Reptiles from the Mesozoic of Mexico

Edited by Héctor E. Rivera-Sylva, Kenneth Carpenter, Eberhard Frey ...

Series series Life of the Past
This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. The book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, plesiosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and last but not least, dinosaurs. In addition, chapters ... Read more

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This overview of dinosaur discoveries in Mexico synthesizes current information about the geography and environment of the region during the Mesozoic when it was the western margin of the ancient continent of Pangea. The book summarizes research on various groups, including turtles, lepidosauromorphs, plesiosaurs, crocodyliforms, pterosaurs, and last but not least, dinosaurs. In addition, chapters
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A Beginner's Guide to Taxonomy

by D Brown ...

Are you fascinated by the diversity of life on Earth and the ways in which living things are classified and studied? If so, then this book is for you! In "A Beginner's Guide to Taxonomy," you'll learn the basics of taxonomy and how it is used to understand and classify living things. You'll also discover the many careers that use taxonomy in their work, including taxonomists, curators, biologists, ... Read more

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Are you fascinated by the diversity of life on Earth and the ways in which living things are classified and studied? If so, then this book is for you! In "A Beginner's Guide to Taxonomy," you'll learn the basics of taxonomy and how it is used to understand and classify living things. You'll also discover the many careers that use taxonomy in their work, including taxonomists, curators, biologists,
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Galápagos

An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture

by Randy Moore ...

Winner, 2022 RUSA Outstanding Reference SourceThis encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galápagos Islands, from the wildlife and scientists that made them famous to the challenges and issues the islands face today.In the mid-1800s, the Galápagos Islands served as Charles Darwin's playground, a volcanic archipelago where he famously worked on his theories of evolution and ... Read more

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Winner, 2022 RUSA Outstanding Reference SourceThis encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galápagos Islands, from the wildlife and scientists that made them famous to the challenges and issues the islands face today.In the mid-1800s, the Galápagos Islands served as Charles Darwin's playground, a volcanic archipelago where he famously worked on his theories of evolution and
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The Origin of Language and Consciousness

How Social Orders and Communicative Concerns Gave Rise to Speech and Cognitive Abilities

by Nikolai S. Rozov ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book presents an evolutionary theory of the origin and step-by-step development of linguistic structures and cognitive abilities from the early stages of anthropogenesis to the Upper Paleolithic. Emphasizing the social nature of the human mind and using an extended version of C.Hempel's explanatory logic, the author proves that language and consciousness emerged and evolved through the daily ... Read more

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This book presents an evolutionary theory of the origin and step-by-step development of linguistic structures and cognitive abilities from the early stages of anthropogenesis to the Upper Paleolithic. Emphasizing the social nature of the human mind and using an extended version of C.Hempel's explanatory logic, the author proves that language and consciousness emerged and evolved through the daily
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Evolution of Sleep

Phylogenetic and Functional Perspectives

Edited by Patrick McNamara, Robert A. Barton, Charles L. Nunn ...

Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools to examine macroevolutionary change on these trees. These methods have recently been applied to questions concerning the evolution of distinctive ... Read more

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Research during the past two decades has produced major advances in understanding sleep within particular species. Simultaneously, molecular advances have made it possible to generate phylogenetic trees, while new analytical methods provide the tools to examine macroevolutionary change on these trees. These methods have recently been applied to questions concerning the evolution of distinctive
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Plant Evolutionary Developmental Biology

The Evolvability of the Phenotype

by Alessandro Minelli ...

Compared to animals, plants have been largely neglected in evolutionary developmental biology. Mainstream research has focused on developmental genetics, while a rich body of knowledge in comparative morphology is still to be exploited. No integrated account is available. In this volume, Minelli fills this gap using the same approach he gave to animals, revisiting traditional concepts and ... Read more

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Compared to animals, plants have been largely neglected in evolutionary developmental biology. Mainstream research has focused on developmental genetics, while a rich body of knowledge in comparative morphology is still to be exploited. No integrated account is available. In this volume, Minelli fills this gap using the same approach he gave to animals, revisiting traditional concepts and
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Sapiens

by Yuval Noah Harari ...

Translated by Jaana Iso-Markku ...

Kuinka ihmisestä tuli ihminen?Yuval Noah Harari käy kirjassaan Sapiens. Ihmisen lyhyt historia läpi koko ihmisen historian, aina ensimmäisistä maan kamaralla kulkeneista ihmisistä kohti nykypäivää.100 000 vuotta sitten maapallolla asui ainakin kuusi ihmislajia. Nykyään lajeja on vain yksi: Homo sapiens. Miten meidän lajimme onnistui päihittämään muut lajit? Miten metsästäjistä tuli kaupunkien ja ... Read more

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Kuinka ihmisestä tuli ihminen?Yuval Noah Harari käy kirjassaan Sapiens. Ihmisen lyhyt historia läpi koko ihmisen historian, aina ensimmäisistä maan kamaralla kulkeneista ihmisistä kohti nykypäivää.100 000 vuotta sitten maapallolla asui ainakin kuusi ihmislajia. Nykyään lajeja on vain yksi: Homo sapiens. Miten meidän lajimme onnistui päihittämään muut lajit? Miten metsästäjistä tuli kaupunkien ja
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Odontodes

The Developmental and Evolutionary Building Blocks of Dentitions

Edited by Donglei Chen ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
The odontode system, which encompasses teeth and other dentine-based structures, is ancient. Odontodes are present in the oldest vertebrate fossils, dating back 500 million years, and still play an important role in the anatomy and function of living jawed vertebrates. Fossils preserve odontode tissues with remarkable nanoscale fidelity, allowing the evolution and diversification of the odontode ... Read more

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The odontode system, which encompasses teeth and other dentine-based structures, is ancient. Odontodes are present in the oldest vertebrate fossils, dating back 500 million years, and still play an important role in the anatomy and function of living jawed vertebrates. Fossils preserve odontode tissues with remarkable nanoscale fidelity, allowing the evolution and diversification of the odontode
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Human Physical Fitness and Activity

An Evolutionary and Life History Perspective

by Ann E. Caldwell ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
The science of human physical activity and fitness is ripe for a novel theoretical framework that can integrate the ecological, genetic, physiological and psychological factors that influence physical activity in humans. Physical inactivity dominates most developed nations around the world, and is among the leading causes of disease burden and death worldwide. Despite the wide array of physical ... Read more

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The science of human physical activity and fitness is ripe for a novel theoretical framework that can integrate the ecological, genetic, physiological and psychological factors that influence physical activity in humans. Physical inactivity dominates most developed nations around the world, and is among the leading causes of disease burden and death worldwide. Despite the wide array of physical
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Mutants and AI: Shaping the Future of Global Evolution

by Benjamin Katz ...

A vision for the Ark The Earth now groans beneath our strain Her skies are choked, her seas in pain A warming world, by three degrees Could bring us crumbling to our knees. The soil will burn, the water rise With mass death under ashen skies A fractured world, torn apart by strife Disintegration of societies, and life. But why this path of grim decay? What leads us to this darkened way? We cannot ... Read more

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A vision for the Ark The Earth now groans beneath our strain Her skies are choked, her seas in pain A warming world, by three degrees Could bring us crumbling to our knees. The soil will burn, the water rise With mass death under ashen skies A fractured world, torn apart by strife Disintegration of societies, and life. But why this path of grim decay? What leads us to this darkened way? We cannot
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The Dynamics of Front Propagation in Nonlocal Reaction–Diffusion Equations

by Jean-Michel Roquejoffre ...

Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
The book provides a self-contained and complete description of the long time evolution of the solutions to a class of one-dimensional reaction–diffusion equations, in which the diffusion is given by an integral operator. The underlying motivation is the mathematical analysis of models for biological invasions. The model under study, while simple looking, is of current use in real-life situations. ... Read more

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The book provides a self-contained and complete description of the long time evolution of the solutions to a class of one-dimensional reaction–diffusion equations, in which the diffusion is given by an integral operator. The underlying motivation is the mathematical analysis of models for biological invasions. The model under study, while simple looking, is of current use in real-life situations.
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Life on Earth

Scientific and Religious Views

by Bruce Oakley Ph.D. ...

Exciting insights await the reader of the book Life on Earth: scientific and religious views. Here we lay out the historical search for God and the DNA code of life. The chemicals of life are best understood by examining cells because all creatures are composed of one or more cells. The genes in each cell are long stretches of DNA used to link amino acids together into proteins. RNA may critically ... Read more

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Exciting insights await the reader of the book Life on Earth: scientific and religious views. Here we lay out the historical search for God and the DNA code of life. The chemicals of life are best understood by examining cells because all creatures are composed of one or more cells. The genes in each cell are long stretches of DNA used to link amino acids together into proteins. RNA may critically
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The Disappearance of Butterflies

by Josef H. Reichholf ...

Translated by Gwen Clayton ...

In the last fifty years our butterfly populations have declined by more than eighty per cent and butterflies are now facing the very real prospect of extinction. It is hard to remember the time when fields and meadows were full of these beautiful, delicate creatures – today we rarely catch a glimpse of the Wild Cherry Sphinx moths, Duke of Burgundy or the even once common Small Tortoiseshell ... Read more

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In the last fifty years our butterfly populations have declined by more than eighty per cent and butterflies are now facing the very real prospect of extinction. It is hard to remember the time when fields and meadows were full of these beautiful, delicate creatures – today we rarely catch a glimpse of the Wild Cherry Sphinx moths, Duke of Burgundy or the even once common Small Tortoiseshell
... Read more
Protein Phosphatases and Stress Management in Plants

Functional Genomic Perspective

Edited by Girdhar K. Pandey ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
The regulation of the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation process, resulting in “cellular switches” that monitor normal plant physiology, growth and development, has immense potential in crop systems. With much of the information in the nascent stages, coming largely from Arabidopsis and rice particularly, the use of cell biology, genetic screens, biochemical approaches aided by an omics approach ... Read more

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The regulation of the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation process, resulting in “cellular switches” that monitor normal plant physiology, growth and development, has immense potential in crop systems. With much of the information in the nascent stages, coming largely from Arabidopsis and rice particularly, the use of cell biology, genetic screens, biochemical approaches aided by an omics approach
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Life in Extreme Environments

Insights in Biological Capability

Edited by Guido di Prisco, Howell G. M. Edwards, Josef Elster, Ad H. L. Huiskes ...

Series series Ecological Reviews
From deep ocean trenches and the geographical poles to outer space, organisms can be found living in remarkably extreme conditions. This book provides a captivating account of these systems and their extraordinary inhabitants, 'extremophiles'. A diverse, multidisciplinary group of experts discuss responses and adaptations to change; biodiversity, bioenergetic processes, and biotic and abiotic ... Read more

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From deep ocean trenches and the geographical poles to outer space, organisms can be found living in remarkably extreme conditions. This book provides a captivating account of these systems and their extraordinary inhabitants, 'extremophiles'. A diverse, multidisciplinary group of experts discuss responses and adaptations to change; biodiversity, bioenergetic processes, and biotic and abiotic
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Evolution

Exploring the Origins and Impact of Evolutionary Theory

by Edward Hoare ...

In "Evolution," Edward Hoare embarks on a profound exploration of the intersecting realms of biology, philosophy, and ethical considerations surrounding the theory of evolution. His work incorporates a narrative style that fuses scientific rigor with poetic introspection, inviting readers to ponder the implications of evolutionary theory not just as a scientific concept, but as a lens through ... Read more

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In "Evolution," Edward Hoare embarks on a profound exploration of the intersecting realms of biology, philosophy, and ethical considerations surrounding the theory of evolution. His work incorporates a narrative style that fuses scientific rigor with poetic introspection, inviting readers to ponder the implications of evolutionary theory not just as a scientific concept, but as a lens through
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Convergent Evolution on Earth

Lessons for the Search for Extraterrestrial Life

by George R. McGhee Jr. ...

Series Book 24 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets.Why does a sea lily look like a palm tree? And why is a sea lily called a “lily” when it is a marine animal and not a plant? Many marine animals bear a noticeable similarity in form to land-dwelling plants. And yet these marine animal forms evolved in the oceans ... Read more

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An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets.Why does a sea lily look like a palm tree? And why is a sea lily called a “lily” when it is a marine animal and not a plant? Many marine animals bear a noticeable similarity in form to land-dwelling plants. And yet these marine animal forms evolved in the oceans
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The Behavior, Ecology and Evolution of Cichlid Fishes

Edited by Maria E. Abate, David L.G. Noakes ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This volume constitutes the most recent and most comprehensive consideration of the largest family of bony fishes, the Cichlidae. This book offers an integrated perspective of cichlid fishes ranging from conservation of threatened species to management of cichlids as invasive species themselves. Long-standing models of taxonomy and systematics are subjected to the most recent applications and ... Read more

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This volume constitutes the most recent and most comprehensive consideration of the largest family of bony fishes, the Cichlidae. This book offers an integrated perspective of cichlid fishes ranging from conservation of threatened species to management of cichlids as invasive species themselves. Long-standing models of taxonomy and systematics are subjected to the most recent applications and
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William Shockley: The Will to Think

by Bo Lojek ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B. Shockley. It reconstructs Shockley’s upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics – culminating with the epoch-making invention of the transistor – and his views on the social issues of his time.The author’s unparalleled access to Shockley’s ... Read more

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This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B. Shockley. It reconstructs Shockley’s upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics – culminating with the epoch-making invention of the transistor – and his views on the social issues of his time.The author’s unparalleled access to Shockley’s
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