Evolution

In this provocative new book, renowned educator and philosopher Nel Noddings extends her influential work on the ethics of care toward a compelling objective-global peace and justice.

This book is reflecting upon core theories in evolutionary biology - in a historical as well as contemporary context.

Anyone can look at a snake and see a creature unique unto itself, a reptile with a set of zoological and biological traits that are entirely its own.

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature.

This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in symbiosis research.

Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories.

Discover how we got to where we are, in this multidisciplinary approach to 13.

Recent years have seen a growing interest in and activity at the interface between physics and biology, with the realization that both subjects have a great deal to learn from and to teach to one another.

This book critically evaluates cryptic species - a growing trend in taxonomy - and their importance for evolutionary biology.

This book is a practical guide for biologists who use multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) for their data analysis and are looking for a comprehensive overview of the many different programs.

Entomopathogenic bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis and B.

An integrative view of the evolution of genetics and the natural world Even in this advanced age of genomics, the evolutionary process of unicellular and multicellular organisms is continually in debate.

Behavioral Ecology of Tropical Birds, Second Edition provides the most updated and comprehensive review on the evolution of behavior in tropical landbirds.

Mimicry is a classic example of adaptation through natural selection.

Recent decades have witnessed an explosion of theoretical and empirical studies of sex allocation, transforming how we understand the allocation of resources to male and female reproduction in vertebrates, invertebrates, protozoa, and plants.

Endocrinology, as a discipline, was a late arrival in the corpus of established subjects.

The newly revised and thoroughly updated standard source for mastering the human fossil record.

Exploration of changing human nutrition from evolutionary and social perspectives and its influence on health and disease, past and present.

This book discusses the natural classification and biosystematics of Triticeae, and presents the most significant findings of comprehensive studies on the Triticeae, an important tribe in the grass family (Poaceae) that includes major crops such as wheat, barley, rye and triticale, as well as various forage crops found in different genera.

This book provides a comprehensive monograph of the family Humiraceae.

This book comprises selected papers of the 25th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, ICDEA 2019, held at UCL, London, UK, in June 2019.

This book provides an introduction to age-structured population modeling which emphasizes the connection between mathematical theory and underlying biological assumptions.

Mass extinctions, the fossil record, and whether we can avoid a disastrous human-made mass extinction event.

Review of brain evolution in primates including humans.

An ontogenetic series of Deltasuchus motherali helps clarify its niche and resolve a contested part of the crocodyliform family tree.

The first volume to integrate life''s biological, cognitive, social, and ecological dimensions into a single, coherent framework.

The first book to clarify the relationship between plasticity and robustness in the context of development and evolution.

Letters from 1875, when Darwin published Insectivorous plants and began work on Cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom.

This book explores fascinating topics at the edge of life, guiding the reader all the way from the relation of life processes to the second law of thermodynamics and the abundance of complex organic compounds in the universe through to the latest advances in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering.

This book, published in two volumes, provides the most comprehensive review of lamprey biology since Hardisty and Potter's "e;The Biology of Lampreys"e; published more than 30 years ago.

This volume contains the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, held at Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman in May 2013.

An essential introduction to microbiome science, a new cutting-edge discipline that is transforming the life sciencesThis book provides an accessible and authoritative guide to the fundamental principles of microbiome science, an exciting and fast-emerging new discipline that is reshaping many aspects of the life sciences.

The Third International Symposium on Cladocera, papers from which make up this volume, covered recent findings on the behaviour, life history, population genetics, reproduction, chemical communication, predator-prey interactions, epibionts, taxonomy, phylogeny, palaeolimnology and biogeography of this animal group.

Presents evidence to contradict the assumption of the ''balance of nature''.

Species are not functionally independent.

Sixty years after their discovery, this is the first anthropological synthesis of the ancient Arctic foragers of Point Hope, Alaska.

This new book shows the work done by researchers dedicated to the study of different mycorrhizas types, the fungal species associated and their distribution influenced by geographical and environmental factors among the different South American biogeographic regions.

This book is the first comprehensive volume on conifers detailing their genomes, variations, and evolution.

This book comprises selected papers of the 25th International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, ICDEA 2019, held at UCL, London, UK, in June 2019.

The research that has culminated in the pUblication being introduced .

Recently, magnetic nanostructures have gained a remarkable interest for basic research and applied studies.

The world population is estimated to reach to more than 10 billion by the year 2050.

This book will present information on Pantanal vegetation including an updated checklist of flora, useful plants, ecological aspects and some topics never published for this region, such as lichens.

Belemniten (Donnerkeile, Teufelsfinger) waren räuberische Kopffüßler, die im Jura die Weltmeere besiedelt haben.

The intersection of evolutionary and positive psychology allows us to understand and improve the overall wellbeing of one''s life.

The book aims to revitalise the interdisciplinary debate about evolutionary ethics and substantiate the idea that evolution science can provide a rational and robust framework for understanding morality.