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How to Grow Top Quality Corn

A Biological Farmer's Guide

by Dr. Harold Willis
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2009

Hard to come by, practical, hands-on knowledge for the biological farmer on growing healthy corn — America’s top cash crop. From selecting the right fertilizers to understanding open-pollinated benefits, this book touches on a wide array of topics. 
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Biology for Open Minds

Student's working edition

by Ianto Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018

People across the world are facing, both personally and collectively, choices that will be shaped by their understanding of Biology. Should I become a vegan? Is it healthy? Would it help preserve our environment? Should I take an oral contraceptive, daily, for several years? How will the physical...
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From Aardvarks to Zooxanthellae

The Definitive Lyrical Guide to Nature’s Ways

by John C. Avise
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017

Hundreds of animal species provide the cast of characters for these newly composed bio-limericks, arranged into 17 chapters by taxonomic group (such as Birds, Fishes, Insects) or biological subject (such as Ecology, Genetics, and Anthropology).  Sometimes multiple verses on one organism or topic...
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Genomics and Bioinformatics

An Introduction to Programming Tools for Life Scientists

by Tore Samuelsson
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012

With the arrival of genomics and genome sequencing projects, biology has been transformed into an incredibly data-rich science. The vast amount of information generated has made computational analysis critical and has increased demand for skilled bioinformaticians. Designed for biologists without...
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The Origins of Evolutionary Innovations

A Theory of Transformative Change in Living Systems

by Andreas Wagner
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2011

The history of life is a nearly four billion year old story of transformative change. This change ranges from dramatic macroscopic innovations such as the evolution of wings or eyes, to a myriad of molecular changes that form the basis of macroscopic innovations. We are familiar with many examples...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014

This textbook has been conceptualized to provide a detailed description of the various aspects of Systems and Synthetic Biology, keeping the requirements of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in mind. Also, it is hoped that this book will mentor young scientists who are willing to contribute to this area but...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016

This book introduces students to methods that will help them understand behaviour in terms of cellular components and their interactions in non-intuitive ways, which calls for an interdisciplinary approach combining mathematical, chemical, computational and biological strategies. Tibor Ganti was...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2011

Gene function annotation has been a central question in molecular biology. The importance of computational function prediction is increasing because more and more large scale biological data, including genome sequences, protein structures, protein-protein interaction data, microarray expression data,...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018

This book provides new insights into the universality of biological systems in animal reproduction and development by a comparative study of a variety of mechanisms in animals ranging from basal invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals. Animals accomplish genetic diversity through meiosis...
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The Yearbook on History and Interpretation of Phenomenology 2013

Person Subject Organism- An Overview of Interdisciplinary Insights

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Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2014

The main topic of the volume encompasses three areas of phenomenological research: person, subject, and organism. These three topics are interrelated in various ways. On the one hand, the question is Husserlian phenomenology of personhood and subjectivity, and on the other hand, it is a broader problem...
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The Living Clock

The Orchestrator of Biological Rhythms

by John D. Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2002

From one-celled paramecium to giant blue whales, we all have internal clocks that regulate the rhythms we live by. In The Living Clock, John Palmer, one of the world's leading authorities on these rhythms, takes us on a tour of this broad and multifaceted subject, examining everything from glowing...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017

Viroids and Satellites describes plant diseases and their causal agents while also addressing the economic impact of these diseases. The book discusses various strategies for state-of-the-art methods for the detection and control of pathogens in their infected hosts and provides pivotal information...
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by Martin A. Moe Jr
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2014

The book that helped launch 1000 marine aquariums (and many more) is coming back in a greatly expanded five volume, ebook edition. Martin A. Moe, Jr. is releasing the second volume of The (New) Marine Aquarium Reference in July of 2014. The original Marine Aquarium Reference has been out of print...
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by Victor Kuete, Thomas Efferth
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014

This book is the first of its kind in bringing together biodiversity, chemical ecology, phytochemistry and cancer therapy. The highlight of the book is an exhaustive compilation of scientific data on biodiversity of medicinal plants, biodiversity and metagenomics, chemical ecology of medicinal plants,...
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