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Nature's Designby Richard Thompson; Lucy Owen
Random House Struik 2011; US$ 21.99This explores some of Nature's most intriguing mysteries. Drawing on the African landscape, the author looks at the biology and physiology of animals and plants, and their adaptations to change. Chapters cover, among other topics, mass extinctions, predators and prey, FIV in lions, communication and animal consciousness. With playful line drawings, here's a bumper read for nature enthusiasts. more...
Major Events In Early Vertebrate Evolutionby Per Erik Ahlberg
CRC Press 2001; US$ 99.95Demonstrates how phylogenetics and developmental biology can provide complementary and mutually supportive information about evolutionary events which have had a significant impact on life on this planet, e.g. the origin of jaws and fins. more...
What Is Death?by Tyler Volk
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 27.95In the winter of 1997, biologist and critically acclaimed science writer Tyler Volk began suffering from mysterious physical ailments that would bring him face to face with his own mortality. This experience led him to explore what death means to us - and to discover that our mortality is, paradoxically, extraordinarily life affirming. more...
Human Brain During the Third Trimesterby Shirley A. Bayer; Joseph Altman
CRC Press 2003; US$ 199.95This is the Second Volume of a five-volume set of atlases on the developing human central nervous system. With no other atlases available on the development of the human spinal cord and the brain during the third trimester, the first two volumes in the series fill a large void in current knowledge. Easy to use, the second volume contains high and low magnification photographs of brain sections arranged in two parts: a high resolution black and white image on the left and a ...ghost... image on the right page with unabbreviated labels. This volume provides a user-friendly survey of the complex structural changes that occur during late prenatal human brain development. more...
Assisted Reproductive Technologiesby PhD MD Jan Gerris; PhD MD François Olivennes; PhD MD Petra De Sutter
Informa Healthcare 2003; US$ 109.95Discuses the risks and complications of ART treatments, their etiology, management and prevention. more...
Molecular Biology of Fungal Developmentby Heinz D. Osiewacz
Marcel Dekker Inc 2002; US$ 229.95This text gives an overview of the fundamental aspects of molecular fungal development in one comprehensive volume, highlighting different elements in the maturational and reproductive cycles of selected fungal taxa. more...
Molecular Basis of Epithelial Appendage Morphogenesisby Cheng-Ming Chuong
Landes Bioscience 1998; US$ 169.00Epithelial appendages are the derivatives of the epithelial sheet. On the body surface they include hair, feathers, scales, claws, horns, sebaceous glands, et cetera. In the oral cavity, they include teeth and salivary glands. Inside the body the surfaces of the gut are covered with epithelial derivatives that line the stomach, small intestine and colon. more...
Key Experiments in Practical Developmental Biologyby Manuel Marí-Beffa; Jennifer Knight
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 40.00This is a manual of 27 laboratory exercises for courses in developmental biology. These are experiments that provided key insights into developmental questions, many of them presented by the scientists who carried out the original pioneering research. This book bridges state-of-the-art experimental work and the laboratory classes taken at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. more...
Mammalian Embryo Genomicsby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2003; US$ 50.00For the past decade there has been an intensive international effort to characterize the genomes of several species of plants and animals. As the mapping and sequencing of genes has progressed, scientists have turned their attention to functional genomics, the characterisation of gene expression. more...
Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagationby Anne Kathrine Hvoslef-Eide; Walter Preil
Springer 2005; US$ 479.00High-efficiency micropropagation, with relatively low labour costs, has been demonstrated in this unique book detailing liquid media systems for plant tissue culture. World authorities (e.g. von Arnold, Curtis, Takayama, Ziv) contribute seminal papers together with papers from researchers across Europe that are members of the EU COST Action 843 "Advanced micropropagation systems". First-hand practical applications are detailed for crops ? including ornamentals and trees ? using a wide range of techniques, from thin-film temporary immersion systems to more traditional aerated bioreactors with many types of explant ? shoots to somatic embryos. The accounts are realistic, balanced and provide a contemporary account of this important aspect of... more...