Biological category: 21163 books
Milk
The Biology of Lactation
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
After drawing its first breath, every newborn mammal turns his or her complete attention to obtaining milk. This primal act was once thought to stem from a basic fact: milk provides the initial source of calories and nutrients for all mammalian young. But it turns out that milk is a much more complicated...
Drought Stress in Maize (Zea mays L.)
Effects, Resistance Mechanisms, Global Achievements and Biological Strategies for Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015
This book focuses on early germination, one of maize germplasm most important strategies for adapting to drought-induced stress. Some genotypes have the ability to adapt by either reducing water losses or by increasing water uptake. Drought tolerance is also an adaptive strategy that enables crop...
by Yvonne Foss
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Why is it so easy to gain weight and yet so difficult to lose it?
Why is extra weight so bad for your health if it is just a store of energy?
Why is obesity higher among the rich in poor countries and among the poor in rich countries?
Why is the prevalence of obesity particularly...
The Challenge of Highly Pathogenic Microorganisms
Mechanisms of Virulence and Novel Medical Countermeasures
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2010
The OHOLO conferences are sponsored by the Israel Institute for Biological Research and take their name from the site of the ?rst meeting on the shores of Lake Kinnereth. The purpose of these meetings is, as it was at their inception over 50 years ago, “to foster interdisciplinary communication...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2011
Combining the disciplines of biological, physical and chemical science, microbial forensics has a rapidly rising profile in a world increasingly troubled by the threat of ‘biocrime’ and ‘bioterrorism’. This valuable resource is a major addition to a body of literature reckoned to lack sufficient...
Compendium of Trace Metals and Marine Biota
Volume 1: Plants and Invertebrates
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2009
Each book has two main goals
Determine baseline concentrations of metals and metalloids in tissues of representative field populations of estuarine coastal, and open ocean organisms (Book 1:algae and macrophytes, protists, sponges, coelenterates, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, chaetognaths,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Offering a study of biological, biomedical and biocultural approaches, the second edition of Human Growth and Development is a valued resource for researchers, professors and graduate students across the interdisciplinary area of human development. With timely chapters on obesity, diet / lifestyle,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017
The first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is a critical period of growth and development. Exposures to dietary, environmental, hormonal, and other stressors during this window have been associated with an increased risk of poor health outcomes, some of which are irreversible. The...
by Daisuke Yamamoto
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Epigenetic Shaping of Sociosexual Interactions: From Plants to Humans is the first attempt to interpret the higher social functions of organisms. This volume covers an extraordinarily wide range of biological research and provides a novel framework for understanding human-specific brain functions.
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Plant Genome Diversity Volume 2
Physical Structure, Behaviour and Evolution of Plant Genomes
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
This second of two volumes on Plant Genome Diversity provides, in 20 chapters, insights into the structural evolution of plant genomes with all its variations. Starting with an outline of plant phylogeny and its reconstruction, the second part of the volume describes the architecture and dynamics...
Biorational Control of Arthropod Pests
Application and Resistance Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2009
For nearly 50 years, pest control was mostly based on broad-spectrum conv- tional insecticides such as organochlorines, organophosphates, carbamates and pyrethroids. However, the severe adverse effects of pesticides on the environment, problems of resistance reaching crisis proportions and public...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2009
Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Biology of 1-3 Beta Glucans and Related Polysaccharides presents a comprehensive, systematic and authoritative survey of information about a family of chemically related, but functionally diverse, naturally occurring polysaccharides--the (1-3)-glucans. International contributors...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Currently, the major challenge of humanity is focused on population growth through agricultural production in order to meet the demand for food. The food crunch is mainly due to pest and disease. Traditional methods, synthetic insecticides and microbicides cause health hazards to human beings, domestic...
Mushroom Biotechnology
Developments and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Mushroom Biotechnology: Developments and Applications is a comprehensive book to provide a better understanding of the main interactions between biological, chemical and physical factors directly involved in biotechnological procedures of using mushrooms as bioremediation tools, high nutritive food...