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Open Questions in Developmental Biology

Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Perspectives

Edición de Igor Adameyko, Gerhard Schlosser ...

Series series Evolutionary Cell Biology
This book explores the enduring and emerging questions in developmental biology, offering a comprehensive overview that bridges traditional concepts with the innovative inquiries shaping future research. Each chapter delves into a fundamental unresolved question reflecting the insights of the past and the likely vibrancy of future inquiry. These discussions are followed by reviews of novel areas, ... Leer más

$69.99 USD

This book explores the enduring and emerging questions in developmental biology, offering a comprehensive overview that bridges traditional concepts with the innovative inquiries shaping future research. Each chapter delves into a fundamental unresolved question reflecting the insights of the past and the likely vibrancy of future inquiry. These discussions are followed by reviews of novel areas,
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Homo Solidaricus — Derrubando o mito do ser humano egoísta

de Ingvar Skjerve, Wegard Harsvik ...

A cooperação é fundamental para a espécie humana. A solidariedade está profundamente enraizada no que somos. A Noruega vem liderando os países de maior qualidade de vida do mundo há décadas. O que este livro procura esclarecer são as razões disso ― razões geralmente ignoradas pelo mesmo noticiário que se apressa em anunciar esse ranking como se não tivesse nem causas nem consequências. A ... Leer más

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A cooperação é fundamental para a espécie humana. A solidariedade está profundamente enraizada no que somos. A Noruega vem liderando os países de maior qualidade de vida do mundo há décadas. O que este livro procura esclarecer são as razões disso ― razões geralmente ignoradas pelo mesmo noticiário que se apressa em anunciar esse ranking como se não tivesse nem causas nem consequências. A
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Una herencia incómoda

Genes, raza e historia humana

de Nicholas Wade ...

Traducido por Joandomènec Ros ...

Series series Ariel
Buceando en las nuevas evidencias que ha dejado la descodificación del genoma humano, el periodista científico Nicholas Wade nos adentra en las bases genéticas de la raza y su rol fundamental en la historia de la humanidad.Pocas ideas han sido más perniciosas que aquellas que afirman que hay razas inherentemente superiores a otras. Por esa razón, el debate sobre las diferencias biológicas entre ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

Buceando en las nuevas evidencias que ha dejado la descodificación del genoma humano, el periodista científico Nicholas Wade nos adentra en las bases genéticas de la raza y su rol fundamental en la historia de la humanidad.Pocas ideas han sido más perniciosas que aquellas que afirman que hay razas inherentemente superiores a otras. Por esa razón, el debate sobre las diferencias biológicas entre
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Cardio-Respiratory Control in Vertebrates

Comparative and Evolutionary Aspects

Edición de Mogens L. Glass, Stephen C. Wood ...

Hopefully, this book will be taken off of the shelf frequently to be studied carefully over many years. More than 40 researchers were involved in this project, which examines respiration, circulation, and metabolism from ?sh to the land vertebrates, including human beings. A breathable and stable atmosphere ?rst appeared about 500 million years ago. Oxygen levels are not stable in aquatic ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

Hopefully, this book will be taken off of the shelf frequently to be studied carefully over many years. More than 40 researchers were involved in this project, which examines respiration, circulation, and metabolism from ?sh to the land vertebrates, including human beings. A breathable and stable atmosphere ?rst appeared about 500 million years ago. Oxygen levels are not stable in aquatic
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Dictyostelids

Evolution, Genomics and Cell Biology

Edición de 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 ... Leer más

$143.09 USD

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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The Nature of Nurture

Rethinking Why and How Childhood Adversity Shapes Development

de Jay Belsky ...

From a leading expert on child development, a radical evolutionary perspective on how childhood experiences shape later life.Children who grow up in troubled circumstances—experiencing deprivation or instability, living in a dangerous neighborhood or an abusive family—are more prone to aggression, recklessness, and sexual promiscuity later in life. To most of us, the lesson is clear: adverse ... Leer más

$28.69 USD

From a leading expert on child development, a radical evolutionary perspective on how childhood experiences shape later life.Children who grow up in troubled circumstances—experiencing deprivation or instability, living in a dangerous neighborhood or an abusive family—are more prone to aggression, recklessness, and sexual promiscuity later in life. To most of us, the lesson is clear: adverse
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Was Hitler a Darwinian?

Disputed Questions in the History of Evolutionary Theory

de Robert J. Richards ...

In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior, ... Leer más

$23.09 USD

In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind mechanism into biology, thus banishing moral values from the understanding of nature. According to the standard interpretation, the principle of survival of the fittest has rendered human behavior,
... Leer más
Evolution of the Human Genome I

The Genome and Genes

Edición de Naruya Saitou ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book reviews the human genome from an evolutionary perspective. No such book has ever been published before, although there are many books on human genomes. There are two parts in this book: Overview of the Human Genome (Part I) and The Human Genome Viewed through Genes (Part II). In Part I, after a brief review of human evolution and the human genome (by Naruya Saitou), chapters on rubbish ... Leer más

$188.09 USD

This book reviews the human genome from an evolutionary perspective. No such book has ever been published before, although there are many books on human genomes. There are two parts in this book: Overview of the Human Genome (Part I) and The Human Genome Viewed through Genes (Part II). In Part I, after a brief review of human evolution and the human genome (by Naruya Saitou), chapters on rubbish
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نظرية التطور وأصل الإنسان

de سلامة موسى ...

منذ بزوغ فجر الوجود الإنساني على الأرض، كانت الأسئلة الكبرى تراود الفكر البشري، بحثًا عن جوهر الأصل والمنشأ، الذي أطلق عليه الإغريق قديمًا اسم "اللوجوس". هذا السؤال المحوري تلقى إجابات متباينة تتأرجح بين المفاهيم المادية التي يعتنقها الملاحدة، مرورًا بالإجابات الروحانية التي يقدمها أهل الدين. في قلب هذه الجدلية، تبرز نظرية التطور كمعلم فلسفي وبيولوجي كبير، مبني على أسس مادية، وتُقدم تفسيرًا للأصل ... Leer más

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منذ بزوغ فجر الوجود الإنساني على الأرض، كانت الأسئلة الكبرى تراود الفكر البشري، بحثًا عن جوهر الأصل والمنشأ، الذي أطلق عليه الإغريق قديمًا اسم "اللوجوس". هذا السؤال المحوري تلقى إجابات متباينة تتأرجح بين المفاهيم المادية التي يعتنقها الملاحدة، مرورًا بالإجابات الروحانية التي يقدمها أهل الدين. في قلب هذه الجدلية، تبرز نظرية التطور كمعلم فلسفي وبيولوجي كبير، مبني على أسس مادية، وتُقدم تفسيرًا للأصل
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Madagaskar - Von Makis, Menschen und einem bedrohten Paradies

Edición de Lennart Pyritz ...

Series series Life Science and Basic Disciplines (German Language)
Madagaskar quillt über mit Besonderheiten und Superlativen. Den Grund dafür verrät ein Blick in die Geschichte: Madagaskar ist bereits seit 90 Millionen Jahren durch Hunderte Kilometer tiefes Wasser vom Rest der Welt getrennt. Viele Tierarten kommen nur auf der Insel vor. Die Besiedlung erfolgte aus Indonesien, Afrika und dem Nahen Osten. Die Folge ist ein einmaliger multikultureller Schmelztiegel ... Leer más

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Madagaskar quillt über mit Besonderheiten und Superlativen. Den Grund dafür verrät ein Blick in die Geschichte: Madagaskar ist bereits seit 90 Millionen Jahren durch Hunderte Kilometer tiefes Wasser vom Rest der Welt getrennt. Viele Tierarten kommen nur auf der Insel vor. Die Besiedlung erfolgte aus Indonesien, Afrika und dem Nahen Osten. Die Folge ist ein einmaliger multikultureller Schmelztiegel
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Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited

de Albert Low ...

"Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited" offers an original and fertile way to integrate spiritual and scientific views of human evolution. It offers a new and refreshing alternative to the way we think about our origins: random mutation (mechanistic neo-Darwinism), Genesis (God did it all personally), and Intelligent Design (God personally does what we can't otherwise account for). The result is ... Leer más

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"Restoring Meaning: Evolution Revisited" offers an original and fertile way to integrate spiritual and scientific views of human evolution. It offers a new and refreshing alternative to the way we think about our origins: random mutation (mechanistic neo-Darwinism), Genesis (God did it all personally), and Intelligent Design (God personally does what we can't otherwise account for). The result is
... Leer más
Wise Bones

Accessing Ancient Bone Intelligence for Healing and Aliveness

de Connie Lawrence ...

What if many therapies and self-help programs are teaching us to override the intelligence of our bodies?Connie Lawrence, a trauma therapist for more than twenty years, shares her unlikely journey from a wistful romance to finding a backbone-and eventually to a new pathway of working with the**intelligence of the body rather than automatically calming and soothing-the go-to in therapy and the self ... Leer más

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What if many therapies and self-help programs are teaching us to override the intelligence of our bodies?Connie Lawrence, a trauma therapist for more than twenty years, shares her unlikely journey from a wistful romance to finding a backbone-and eventually to a new pathway of working with the**intelligence of the body rather than automatically calming and soothing-the go-to in therapy and the self
... Leer más
Evolution in a Toxic World

How Life Responds to Chemical Threats

de Emily Monosson ...

With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been toxic. When oxygen first developed in Earth's atmosphere, it threatened the very existence of life: now we literally can't live without it. According to Monosson, examining how life adapted to such early ... Leer más

$26.69 USD

With BPA in baby bottles, mercury in fish, and lead in computer monitors, the world has become a toxic place. But as Emily Monosson demonstrates in her groundbreaking new book, it has always been toxic. When oxygen first developed in Earth's atmosphere, it threatened the very existence of life: now we literally can't live without it. According to Monosson, examining how life adapted to such early
... Leer más
Atomic Universe

Unravelling the Cosmos

de Paul M. Sutter, Kelly, David ...

Coming soon! Atomic Universe by Paul M. Sutter\Kelly, David will be available May 04, 2027. ... Leer más

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Eindelijk oud

Hoe Darwin je kan helpen om gelukkig ouder

de Mark Nelissen ...

In onze westerse samenleving is eeuwig jong het motto. Ouder worden boezemt angst in en oudere mensen worden al te vaak als 'niet meer nuttig' weggezet. Gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen toont het tegendeel aan. Oma's en opa's zijn er omdat ouderdom evolutionair nuttig is. Sterker nog: het ontstaan van de mens is onlosmakelijk verbonden met het ontstaan van ouderdom. In Eindelijk oud herstelt Mark ... Leer más

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In onze westerse samenleving is eeuwig jong het motto. Ouder worden boezemt angst in en oudere mensen worden al te vaak als 'niet meer nuttig' weggezet. Gedragsbioloog Mark Nelissen toont het tegendeel aan. Oma's en opa's zijn er omdat ouderdom evolutionair nuttig is. Sterker nog: het ontstaan van de mens is onlosmakelijk verbonden met het ontstaan van ouderdom. In Eindelijk oud herstelt Mark
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La evolución de las especies

de Charles Darwin ...

La hipótesis de que las especies se transforman continuamente fue postulada por numerosos científicos de los siglos XVIII y XIX, a los cuales Charles Darwin citó en el primer capítulo de su libro El origen de las especies. Sin embargo, fue el propio Darwin, en 1859, quien sintetizó un cuerpo coherente de observaciones que consolidaron el concepto de la evolución biológica en una verdadera teoría ... Leer más

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La hipótesis de que las especies se transforman continuamente fue postulada por numerosos científicos de los siglos XVIII y XIX, a los cuales Charles Darwin citó en el primer capítulo de su libro El origen de las especies. Sin embargo, fue el propio Darwin, en 1859, quien sintetizó un cuerpo coherente de observaciones que consolidaron el concepto de la evolución biológica en una verdadera teoría
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Disease Ecology

Galapagos Birds and their Parasites

Edición de Patricia G. Parker ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book provides the first collection of chapters written by scientists who have contributed to the understanding of disease ecology in the Galapagos Islands, an iconic and historic natural site. The Galapagos Archipelago straddles the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean, almost 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador, and includes 13 major islands, numerous smaller satellite islands, and many more ... Leer más

$89.09 USD

This book provides the first collection of chapters written by scientists who have contributed to the understanding of disease ecology in the Galapagos Islands, an iconic and historic natural site. The Galapagos Archipelago straddles the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean, almost 1000 km off the coast of Ecuador, and includes 13 major islands, numerous smaller satellite islands, and many more
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Redeeming Sin?

Social Diagnostics amid Ecological Destruction

de Ernst M. Conradie ...

Series series Religious Ethics and Environmental Challenges
Can Christian sin-talk be retrieved within the public sphere? In this contribution to ecotheology, Ernst M. Conradie argues that, amid ecological destruction, discourse on sin can contribute to a multidisciplinary depth diagnosis of what has gone wrong in the world. He confronts some major obstacles related to the plausibility of sin-talk in conversation with evolutionary biology, the cognitive ... Leer más

$121.49 USD

Can Christian sin-talk be retrieved within the public sphere? In this contribution to ecotheology, Ernst M. Conradie argues that, amid ecological destruction, discourse on sin can contribute to a multidisciplinary depth diagnosis of what has gone wrong in the world. He confronts some major obstacles related to the plausibility of sin-talk in conversation with evolutionary biology, the cognitive
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Revival: Origin and Evolution of the Human Race (1921)

de Albert Churchwood ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
Where and when did man make his first appearance on this earth?The object of this book is to bring before the public such further facts and values regarding the evolution of man. After studies Churchwood made during many years, he is now fully convinced that the hitherto preconceived ideas of many scientists regarding the origin of the human race, both as to place and date, are erroneous, and ... Leer más

$115.99 USD

Where and when did man make his first appearance on this earth?The object of this book is to bring before the public such further facts and values regarding the evolution of man. After studies Churchwood made during many years, he is now fully convinced that the hitherto preconceived ideas of many scientists regarding the origin of the human race, both as to place and date, are erroneous, and
... Leer más
The Wonders of Instinct

de J.H. Fabre ...

The Wonders of Instinct is classic zoology study by J.H. Fabre which presents “Chapters in the Psychology of Insects, ” an investigation of instinct in the animal world from an examination of insect life. ... Leer más

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The Wonders of Instinct is classic zoology study by J.H. Fabre which presents “Chapters in the Psychology of Insects, ” an investigation of instinct in the animal world from an examination of insect life.
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Pigments, Pigment Cells and Pigment Patterns

Edición de Hisashi Hashimoto, Makoto Goda, Ryo Futahashi, Robert Kelsh, Toyoko Akiyama ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book comprehensively summarizes the biological mechanisms of coloration and pattern formation of animals at molecular and cellular level, offering up-to-date knowledge derived from remarkable progress in the last 10 years.The brilliant coloration, conspicuous patterns and spectacular color changes displayed by some vertebrates and invertebrates are generally their strategies of the utmost ... Leer más

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This book comprehensively summarizes the biological mechanisms of coloration and pattern formation of animals at molecular and cellular level, offering up-to-date knowledge derived from remarkable progress in the last 10 years.The brilliant coloration, conspicuous patterns and spectacular color changes displayed by some vertebrates and invertebrates are generally their strategies of the utmost
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There’s a Thought

A Conscious Journey

de Paul Phillips ...

This is a conscious and spiritual journey from our Humble beginnings through our evolution. How we perceive ourselves and how we have had to adapt to our changing world. The realization we have to take care of our home planet, learning how to go to other worlds for our future survival. To take on the great challenges to bridge the great distances to the stars! More importantly how to transform ... Leer más

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This is a conscious and spiritual journey from our Humble beginnings through our evolution. How we perceive ourselves and how we have had to adapt to our changing world. The realization we have to take care of our home planet, learning how to go to other worlds for our future survival. To take on the great challenges to bridge the great distances to the stars! More importantly how to transform
... Leer más
Systematic Botany of Flowering Plants

A New Phytogenetic Approach of the Angiosperms of the Temperate and Tropical Regions

de R-E Spichiger ...

The principle objective of this book is to describe a range of families of flowering plants in a sequence corresponding to current phylogenetic classification based on the most recent results of molecular systematics. The selection of families is large and comprises families of temperate European flora as well as tropical flora. They are integrated in their respective orders and keys are given to ... Leer más

$115.99 USD

The principle objective of this book is to describe a range of families of flowering plants in a sequence corresponding to current phylogenetic classification based on the most recent results of molecular systematics. The selection of families is large and comprises families of temperate European flora as well as tropical flora. They are integrated in their respective orders and keys are given to
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Molecular Systematics of Parasitic Helminths

de Urusa Thaenkham, Kittipong Chaisiri, Abigail Hui En Chan ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book aims to provide fundamental knowledge and information for research in molecular systematics on parasitic helminths (nematode, trematode, cestode). The shreds of evidence of molecular systematics studies will be compiled and discussed in terms of the utilities and pitfalls of the genetic marker used for various purposes, which have been implemented for molecular systematics of parasitic ... Leer más

$170.09 USD

This book aims to provide fundamental knowledge and information for research in molecular systematics on parasitic helminths (nematode, trematode, cestode). The shreds of evidence of molecular systematics studies will be compiled and discussed in terms of the utilities and pitfalls of the genetic marker used for various purposes, which have been implemented for molecular systematics of parasitic
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