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In this volume, a distinguished set of international scholars examine the nature of collaboration between life partners in the sciences, with particular attention to the ways in which personal and professional dynamics can foster or inhibit scientific practice. Breaking...
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Birkhäuser
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2012-06-05
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Science Networks. Historical Studies
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The rapid population growth and the increase in the per capita income, especially in the group of emerging countries referred to as BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) has created huge pressure for the expansion of the agricultural growing...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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The past decade has witnessed an explosion of our knowledge on the structure, coding capacity and evolution of the genomes of the two DNA-containing cell organelles in plants: chloroplasts (plastids) and mitochondria. Comparative genomics analyses have provided new...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration
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A ground-breaking contribution to the literature, Male Infertility: Contemporary Clinical Approaches, Andrology, ART & Antioxidants offers a comprehensive review of well-established, current diagnostic and treatment techniques for male infertility. This...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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Given the importance of livestock to the global economy, there is a substantial need for world-class reference material on the sustainable management of livestock in diverse eco-regions. With uncertain climates involving unpredictable extreme events (e.g., heat,...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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In the first 20 years that followed the purinergic signalling hypothesis in 1972, most scientists were sceptical about its validity, largely because ATP was so well established as an intracellular molecule involved in cell biochemistry and it seemed unlikely that such a...
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Springer
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2012-06-05
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In the recent years, the looming food scarcity problem has highlighted plant sciences as an emerging discipline committed to devise new strategies for enhanced crop productivity. The major factors causing food scarcity are biotic and abiotic stresses such as plant...
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Springer
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2012-06-02
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Plants have evolved with a complex array of signaling molecules to facilitate their growth and development and their interactions with the environment. A vast number of different peptide molecules form an important but until recently often overlooked component amongst...
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Springer
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2012-06-01
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Signaling and Communication in Plants
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Computational methods are playing an ever increasing role in cell biology. This volume of Methods in Cell Biology focuses onComputational Methods in Cell Biology and consists of two parts: (1) data extraction and analysis to distill models and mechanisms, and (2)...
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Academic Press
Parution :
2012-05-31
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Fungi are sessile, highly sensitive organisms that actively compete for environmental resources both above and below the ground. They assess their surroundings, estimate how much energy they need for particular goals, and then realise the optimum variant. They take...
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Springer
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2012-05-31
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The book is based on the author's life time experience in exploring and researching the genus Avena. It describes some great events in oat research and minor stories along the way. It will be of interest and value to all those working with oats and to students and...
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Springer
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2012-05-31
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Agriculture
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This novel book bridges the gap between the energetic and species approaches to studying food webs, addressing many important topics in ecology. Species, matter, and energy are common features of all ecological systems. Through the lens of complex adaptive systems...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-05-31
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This novel book bridges the gap between the energetic and species approaches to studying food webs, addressing many important topics in ecology. Species, matter, and energy are common features of all ecological systems. Through the lens of complex adaptive systems...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-05-31
ePub
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In the follow up to Darwin's Lost World, Martin Brasier introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a series of journeys it emerges that the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in the whole history of...
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OUP Oxford
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2012-05-31
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In the follow up to Darwin's Lost World, Martin Brasier introduces the quest for the missing history of life and the cell. Through a series of journeys it emerges that the modern plant cell is one of the most deeply puzzling and unlikely steps in the whole history of...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2012-05-31
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Ein bemerkenswertes Büchlein; flott zu lesen, hochaktuell und trotzdem unterhaltsam. Gerhard Gottschalk, einer der prominentesten zeitgenössischen Mikrobiologen erklärt hier die Hintergründe der EHEC und MRSA Epidemien. Trotz des ernsten Themas liest sich das Buch...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-05-30
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According to the author, the book addresses to all the scientists and not only to immunologists or biologists of European countries who are engaged in developing a vaccine, or a diagnostic kit or a new drug against the infection or on schistosome evolution. Even these...
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Springer
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2012-05-30
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This is a solitary attempt to streamline all the possible information related to citrus nutrition, with emphasis on diagnosis and management of nutrient constraints, employing a variety of state-of-art techniques evolved globally over the years . While doing so care has...
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Springer
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2012-05-30
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In Gene Regulatory Sequences and Human Disease, the Editor will introduce the different technological advances that led to this breakthrough.In addition, several examples will be provided of nucleotide variants in noncoding sequences that have been shown to be...
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Springer
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2012-05-30
ePub
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Cardiac ion channels and mechanisms for protection against atrial fibrillation. Intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells. Quantifying and modeling the temperature-dependent gating of TRP channels.
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Springer
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2012-05-30
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