Evolution category: 1570 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...
Life Unfolding
How the human body creates itself
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Where did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of identical twins not identical? How did my brain learn to learn? Why must I die? Questions like these remain biology's deepest and most ancient challenges....
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
Physiological Genetics is a compilation of developments, contributed by experts in the field of physiological genetics.
The articles contained in the book covers various accounts of developments in the field. The book starts with an introductory chapter describing genetic factors in developmental...
Building Babies
Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2012
The ontogeny of each individual contributes to the physical, physiological, cognitive, neurobiological, and behavioral capacity to manage the complex social relationships and diverse foraging tasks that characterize the primate order. For these reasons Building Babies explores the dynamic multigenerational...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
This volume summarizes recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms that produce successful symbiotic partnerships involving microorganisms. It begins with a basic introduction to the nature of and mechanistic benefits derived from symbiotic associations. Taking that background knowledge...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
This book presents 19 selected contributions to the 16th Evolutionary Biology Meeting, which took place in September 2012 in Marseilles. The aims of these annual meetings, which gather together leading evolutionary biologists and other scientists, are to promote the exchange of ideas and to encourage...
Alaska Dinosaurs
An Ancient Arctic World
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Anthony Fiorillo has been exploring the Arctic since 1998. For him, like many others, the Arctic holds the romance of uncharted territory, extreme conditions, and the inevitable epic challenges that arise. For Fiorillo, however, the Arctic also holds the secrets of the history of life on Earth, and...
Made for Each Other
The Biology of the Human-Animal Bond
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Nothing turns a baby's head more quickly from nursing or playing than the sight of a dog or any animal. Made for Each Other lays out both sides of this deep mutual connection and the way it has evolved since prehistoric times. Drawing on the fascinating work of scientists in many fields, from neuroscience...
Forerunners of Mammals
Radiation • Histology • Biology
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
About 320 million years ago a group of reptiles known as the synapsids emerged and forever changed Earth’s ecological landscapes. This book discusses the origin and radiation of the synapsids from their sail-backed pelycosaur ancestor to their diverse descendants, the therapsids or mammal-like reptiles,...
Embryos in Deep Time
The Rock Record of Biological Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
How can we bring together the study of genes, embryos and fossils? Embryos in Deep Time is a critical synthesis of the study of individual development in fossils. It brings together an up-to-date review of concepts from comparative anatomy, ecology and developmental genetics, and examples of different...
Coevolution of Life on Hosts
Integrating Ecology and History
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2015
For most, the mere mention of lice forces an immediate hand to the head and recollection of childhood experiences with nits, medicated shampoos, and traumatic haircuts. But for a certain breed of biologist, lice make for fascinating scientific fodder, especially enlightening in the study of coevolution....
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Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
Why sex matters
Among human and nonhuman animals, the prevalence and intensity of infection typically is higher in males than females and may reflect differences in exposure as well as susceptibility to pathogens. Elevated immunity among females is a double-edged sword in which it is beneficial...
Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
Primatology in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2012
This book introduces to the reader unfamiliar with primatology in Japan three research projects representative of the unique multidisciplinary approach carried out by scientists at Kyoto University, the country’s premier institution for primate studies. The projects are all aimed at understanding...
Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form
An Analytical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Phylogenetic analysis and morphometrics have been developed by biologists into rigorous analytic tools for testing hypotheses about the relationships between groups of species. This book applies these tools to paleontological data.
The fossil record is our one true chronicle of the history...