Life sciences: general issues
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Life sciences: general issues
Paperback. Plant Genes, Genomes and Genetics provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of plant gene expression. Unique in explaining the subject from a plant perspective, it highlights the importance of key processes, many first discovered in plants, that impact how plants develop and interact with the environment. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119998877
- ISBN
- 9781119998877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.04
€ 66.04
Hardcover. Plant Genes, Genomes and Genetics provides a comprehensive treatment of all aspects of plant gene expression. Unique in explaining the subject from a plant perspective, it highlights the importance of key processes, many first discovered in plants, that impact how plants develop and interact with the environment. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK1; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 196 x 18. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119998884
- ISBN
- 9781119998884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.53
€ 131.53
Hardback. This book addresses the current state of climate change predictions, and how climate change will affect conservation and use of crop germplasm, both ex situ and in situ. Examples of germplasm research related to 'climate change threats' are also highlighted. Editor(s): Jackson, Michael; Ford-Lloyd, Brian V.; Parry, Martin L. Series: CABI Climate Change Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK; RNPG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780641973
- ISBN
- 9781780641973
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.87
€ 131.87
hardcover. Plant genotype analysis can be used for the identification of plants in commerce, plant breeding and research. This book examines the technology available and their application in the analysis of wild plant populations, germplasm collections and plant breeding. Editor(s): Henry, R. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: PSAK; PST; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851995151
- ISBN
- 9780851995151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.10
€ 159.10
Hardback. This second edition of Plant stress physiology, will provide a timely update on the recent progress in our knowledge on all aspects of plant's perception. Editor(s): Shabala, Sergey. BIC Classification: PSA; PSTD; TVF; TVK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 181 x 250 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780647296
- ISBN
- 9781780647296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.47
€ 129.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, Halftones: 60,. BIC Classification: PSAB; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 223 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1618.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147125
- ISBN
- 9780231147125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.42€ 96.59
€ 128.42
€ 96.59
Hardcover. The transposable genetic elements, or transposons, as they are now known, have had a tumultuous history. Discovered in the mid-20th century by Barbara McClintock, they were initially received with puzzlement. When their genomic abundance began to be apparent, they were categorized as "junk DNA" and acquired the label of parasites. Editor(s): Fedoroff, Nina V. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK1; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 248 x 14. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470959947
- ISBN
- 9780470959947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 239.95
€ 239.95
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gonzales, Favian E. Rivera; Lopez, Magdalena I. Num Pages: 169 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781620813706
- ISBN
- 9781620813706
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.61€ 159.66
€ 235.61
€ 159.66
Hardcover. An excellent textbook for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in the biosciences that features a series of chapters describing the latest advances in the basic knowledge of plasmid biology, the specialized functions plasmids confer to the host cell, and the practical utilization of plasmids for discovery, medicine, and agriculture. Editor(s): Tolmasky, Marcelo E.; Alonso, Juan. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: PHVN; PSAK; PSB; PSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 218 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1874.
- Publisher
- ASM Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555818975
- ISBN
- 9781555818975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.12
€ 148.12
Paperback. The essays collected here were presented at the workshop Plasticity and Pathology: History and Theory of Neural Subjects at the Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California, Berkeley. Editor(s): Bates, David. Series: Berkeley Forum in the Humanities. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HP; MB; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823266142
- ISBN
- 9780823266142
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Paperback. Technology evolves at a dazzling speed, particularly in the field of genetic engineering. But the public has not had much to say about the advancements in human genetics. This text asks why and explores the social forces that have led to the thinning out of public debate over genetic engineering. Series: Morality and Society Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 3JJP; JFM; PSAD; PSAK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222622
- ISBN
- 9780226222622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.37
€ 42.99
€ 33.37
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: GBC; PSAF; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 114 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811711739
- ISBN
- 9780811711739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.43
€ 20.99
€ 17.43
Hardcover. Historians of science have long noted the influence of the nineteenth-century political economist Thomas Robert Malthus on Charles Darwin. This book reveals that two evolutionary and political traditions developed in England in the wake of the 1832 Reform Act: one Malthusian, the other decidedly anti-Malthusian. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; JP; PDX; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226108490
- ISBN
- 9780226108490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.97
€ 50.99
€ 39.97
Hardback. Covers various aspects of pollination biology. This book describes how flowers use colors, shapes, and scents to advertise themselves; how they offer pollen and nectar as rewards; and, how they share complex interactions with beetles, birds, bats, bees, and other creatures. It also covers the ecology of these interactions. Num Pages: 792 pages, 301 color illus. 308 line illus. 93 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSTL; PSTS; PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 209 x 52. Weight in Grams: 2230.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 832
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128610
- ISBN
- 9780691128610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.42€ 102.19
€ 128.42
€ 102.19
Paperback. Pollutants, Human Health and the Environment is a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of environmental pollutants that are of current concern to human health. Clearly structured throughout, the main body of the book is divided by pollutant type with a chapter devoted to each group of pollutants. Editor(s): Plant, Jane, CBE; Voulvoulis, Nick; Ragnarsdottir, K. Vala. Num Pages: 356 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 199 x 260 x 16. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470742600
- ISBN
- 9780470742600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 105.89
€ 105.89
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, 69 line illus. 35 tables. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVH; PSVW6. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691630830
- ISBN
- 9780691630830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 220.39
€ 220.39
Hardcover. Polyploidy plays an important role in biological diversity, trait improvement, and plant species survival. Understanding the evolutionary phenomenon of polyploidy is a key challenge for plant and crop scientists. Editor(s): Chen, Z. Jeffrey; Birchler, James A. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: PSAK1; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 174 x 20. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470960370
- ISBN
- 9780470960370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.96
€ 235.96
Hardback. Offers an individual-based theory of the effects of the plastic ontogenetic development on the dynamics of populations and communities. This title shows how the effects of ontogenetic development on ecological dynamics critically depend on the efficiency with which differently sized individuals convert food into biomass. Series: Monographs in Population Biology. Num Pages: 552 pages, 125 line illus. 10 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 40. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137575
- ISBN
- 9780691137575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.36€ 68.86
€ 88.36
€ 68.86
Paperback. Explores, by means of computer simulations, the key areas of population dynamics through time. Using exercises, this laboratory manual teaches the programming and analysing skills students need for creating their own models of population change. Num Pages: 170 pages, graphs, glossary, index. BIC Classification: JHBD; PSAF; RNT; UGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 170
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470851487
- ISBN
- 9780470851487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 146.60
€ 146.60
Paperback. Ecology is capturing the popular imagination like never before, with issues such as climate change, species extinctions, and habitat destruction becoming ever more prominent. This title provides an accessible mathematical foundation for the advances in ecology. It introduces students to the key literature in the field. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. 129 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Second
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160313
- ISBN
- 9780691160313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.89€ 70.30
€ 91.89
€ 70.30