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Westport, CT.: Praeger, 1993. In this scholarly text, Beckstrom explores how discoveries in evolutionary science can help people achieve, but not establish, social goals. Beginning with the principle that human behavior is, to some degree, influenced by genetics, the author considers how conduct can be modified in large population groupings using identified behavioral mechanisms. Aid-giving behavior common to human… Read more about this item

Dordrecht, Holland: Martinus Nijhoff, 1986. Comprehensive scholarly text presents detailed techniques and research strategies in the advances in biotechnology which include genetic manipulation, nutrition, health and disease, and natural resource management. Topics covered include: germline modifications, gene mapping, monoclonal antibody production, gene transposition, biocontrol of insects, vaccinia virus vectors, pesticide environmental research, molecular biology of zinc, molecular response of plants… Read more about this item

Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2001. Highly sensitive, precise, and versatile, Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) is now the predominant assay used in biomedical and agricultural research, as well as in applied science. In The ELISA Guidebook, John R. Crowther provides todays premier practical guide to the understanding and application of ELISA. Updating and greatly expanding his widely appreciated earlier publication,… Read more about this item

Massachusetts, USA: Sinauer Associates, 1997. Comprehensive highly acclaimed text describes the dynamics of evolutionary change at the molecular level, the driving forces behind the evolutionary process, the effects of the various molecular mechanisms on the structure of genes and genomes, and explains the methodology involved in dealing with molecular data. 487 pp. Illustrated. Prior ownership name on the front endpaper… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1992. This book deals with infectious diseases -- viral, bacterial, protozoan and helminth -- in terms of the dynamics of their interaction with host populations. The book combines mathematical models with extensive use of epidemiological and other data. This analytic framework is highly useful for the evaluation of public health strategies aimed at controlling or… Read more about this item

San Diego, CA.: Academic Press, 1998. This comprehensive text serves as a general reference for biologists and resource managers with relatively little statistical training. It focuses on both basic concepts and practical applications to provide professionals with the tools needed to assess monitoring methods that can detect trends in populations. It combines classical finite population sampling designs with population enumeration… Read more about this item

Oxford, U.K.: C.A.B. International, 1992. Comprehensive classic text summarizes and synthesizes our knowledge of the main features of the development and transmission of parasitic nematodes of vertebrates, and places this information within the context of the modern classification of the nematodes. The volume is unique in its comprehensive coverage, and includes nematode parasites of humans, domestic animals and wildlife, including… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1996. How do bats catch insects in the dark? How do bees learn which flowers to visit? How do food-storing birds remember where their hoards are? Questions like these are addressed by neuroethology, the branch of behavioral neuroscience concerned with analyzing the neural bases of naturally occurring behaviors.This book brings together thirteen chapters presenting findings on… Read more about this item

London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1954. Classic scholarly text presents a detailed study which exemplifies the bases and principles of knowledge as a whole. The author examines the nature of biological research- the biologist's use of analogy and the written word, mode of discovery in biology, the logical background of the biologist's problem; and the bases of biological thinking- biology… Read more about this item

New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. Classic comprehensive text examines the causal theory of evolution as applied to diploid sexual organisms. Topics covered include the establishment of causal theories in evolutionary biology; adaptability and heredity; evolution within populations; natural selection; population systems; evolution of species; modes of speciation; evolution of major groups; ecological relations between species; the nature and origin… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1914. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed study of ancient and modern reptiles of the seas, lakes, and rivers, including their biological structure, classification, age and skeleton, habitats, geological distribution, etc. Species covered include order sauropterygia, order anomodontia, order ichthyosauria, order proganosauria, order protorosauria, order squamata, order thallatosauria, order rhynchocephalia, order parasuchia, order crocodilia,… Read more about this item

Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1996. Scholarly highly acclaimed text presents a unified view of evolutionary algorithms: the exciting new probabilistic search tools inspired by biological models that have immense potential as practical problem-solvers in a wide variety of settings, academic, commercial, and industrial. In this work, the author compares the three most prominent representatives of evolutionary algorithms: genetic algorithms,… Read more about this item

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. Classic comprehensive revised text presents the effective method of learning through observation- teaching by demonstration techniques in instructing prospective teachers in the biological sciences. Emphasizes that demonstrations by simple experiments and home projects are essential for complete absorption of the subject. Text stresses the importance of the biological sciences as an educational subject. This new edition… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1981. Scholarly text presents an outline of various approaches to the self-organization of matter and information, focusing on the general laws governing evolutionary dynamics across all levels of evolution, including the evolution of humans and human systems. The resulting transdisciplinary view of reality emphasizes creativity over adaptation and survival, openness over determinism, and self-transcendence over security.… Read more about this item

Boulder, CO.: Westview Press, 1989. Scholarly text presents a collection of papers which examines theoretical inquiry and empirical findings on social evolution and genetics. Topics covered include mating systems, colony level selection, genetic basis for division of labor, kin recognition, measurement of exclusive fitness, ecological determinants of social evolution, genetic studies of bees and ants, and the gentics of ant… Read more about this item

Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Comprehensive scholarly text focuses on the effects of temperature at all levels of organization in fish, with particular emphasis on physiological function: cells, epithelia, organ systems, the whole organism, reproduction, behavior, pollutant interactions, ecology and population dynamics. Includes a detailed speculation on the long-term physiological and ecological implications to fish of a 2-4oC global… Read more about this item

Oxon, U.K.: CAB International, 1995. Comprehensive highly acclaimed text presents detailed topics covering research on the development of the brain in the chick, including developmental stages of the chick embryo; behavior and neurochemistry of development; memory forming in the posthatching period; changing hemispheric dominance; avian cognition; comparisons with developmen t in other species; etc. 273 pgs. Illustrated. Lower rear corner… Read more about this item

Berlin-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1998. Comprehensive text consists of analysis of biophysical mechanism of long range interactions based on polar vibrations in microtubules and in actin filaments in cytoskeleton, spectral energy transfer in non-linear systems, excitation of a state far from the thermodynamic equilibrium in systems with energy supply, transition from incoherent to coherent vibration states, generation of endogenous electromagnetic field, information… Read more about this item

New York: Academic Press, 1980. Classic comprehensive text presents detailed coverage of hormone receptor interactions of peptide and steroid hormones; structure and function of the pineal gland; central neuroendocrine systems; adenohypophysiotropic mechanisms; anterior pituitary hormones; thyroid gland in birds; calcium regulation in birds; avian adrenal medulla and cortex; reproduction; intestinal and renal osmoregulation; salt glands in birds; photoperiodicity, circannual, and… Read more about this item

New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996. Comprehensive text presents an encyclopedic introduction to nucleic acid triplexes based on the authors' many years of familiarity with the topic. The book includes information on chemistry, conformation, physical properties, applications, and hypotheses about the biological role of triplexes. Attention is given to the different methods for investigating these molecules. 360 pgs. Illustrated with 121 figures.… Read more about this item