Assumptions Inhibiting Progress In Comparative Biology

Author : Brian I. Crother
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1315352206
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assumptions Inhibiting Progress in Comparative Biology written by Brian I. Crother and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a thought-provoking assessment of assumptions inhibiting progress in comparative biology. The volume is inspired by a list generated years earlier by Donn Rosen, one of the most influential, innovative and productive comparative biologists of the latter 20th century. His list has assumed almost legendary status among comparative evolutionary biologists. Surprisingly many of the obstructing assumptions implicated by Rosen remain relevant today. Any comparative biologist hoping to avoid such assumptions in their own research will benefit from this introspective volume.

Author : Alessandro Catenazzi
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3036506349
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Systematics and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles written by Alessandro Catenazzi and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes all 14 articles contributed to the Special Issue "Systematics and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians and Reptiles” in the journal Diversity, originally published in 2019 and 2020.

Author : Lance Grande
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231559313
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Religions written by Lance Grande and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of religions have adherents today, and countless more have existed throughout history. What accounts for this astonishing diversity? This extraordinarily ambitious and comprehensive book demonstrates how evolutionary systematics and philosophy can yield new insight into the development of organized religion. Lance Grande—a leading evolutionary systematist—examines the growth and diversification of hundreds of religions over time, highlighting their historical interrelationships. Combining evolutionary theory with a wealth of cultural records, he explores the formation, extinction, and diversification of different world religions, including the many branches of Asian cyclicism, polytheism, and monotheism. Grande deploys an illuminating graphic system of evolutionary trees to illustrate historical interrelationships among the world’s major religious traditions, rejecting colonialist and hierarchical “ladder of progress” views of evolution. Extensive and informative illustrations clearly and vividly indicate complex historical developments and help readers grasp the breadth of interconnections across eras and cultures. The Evolution of Religions marshals compelling evidence, starting far back in time, that all major belief systems are related, despite the many conflicts that have taken place among them. By emphasizing these broad historical interconnections, this book promotes the need for greater tolerance and deeper, unbiased understanding of cultural diversity. Such traits may be necessary for the future survival of humanity.

Author : Karl-Dieter Entian
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 1071625012
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ribosome Biogenesis written by Karl-Dieter Entian and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-07-07 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Open Access volume provides comprehensive reviews and describes the latest techniques to study eukaryotic ribosome biogenesis. For more than 50 years ribosomes are a major research topic. Our knowledge about ribosome biogenesis and function such as transcription, mRNA modification, and translation was the sine qua non for developing the powerful RNA-based vaccines against RNA-viruses causing the world-threatening Covid-19 pandemia. The chapters in this book are organized into six parts. Part One discusses a comparative survey about the unity and diversity of ribosome biogenesis in pro- and eukaryotic cells. Part Two deals with the genomic organization of eukaryotic rDNA and the role of RNA polymerase I in ribosomal RNA transcription. Part Three explores in vitro methods to study RNA polymerase I structure and its function, and Part Four analyzes the nucleo-cytoplasmic transport of assembled ribosomes and RNP complexes. Part Five covers modifications that increase the complexity of rRNAs, and Part Six provides readers with a review of eukaryotic translation and - for the first time - describes a new method to analyze translation in vitro. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Ribosome Biogenesis: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for scientists and researchers interested in learning more about the increasing importance of in vitro RNA-technologies.

Author : Brian Keith Hall
Publisher : San Diego ; Toronto : Academic Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Homology written by Brian Keith Hall and published by San Diego ; Toronto : Academic Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homology, the similarity between organisms that is due to common ancestry, is the central concept of all comparative biology. However, the application of this concept varies depending on the data being examined. This volume represents a state-of-the-art treatment of the different applications of this unifyinf. Chapters deal with homology on all levels from molecules to behavior, and are authored by leading contributors to systematics, natural history, evolutionary and comparative biology. Features: * Special Features Include: * Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Sir Richard Owen's seminal paper distinguishing homology from analogy * Contributors who are renowned leaders in comparative biology * Coverage that is both comprehensive and interdisciplinary

Author : Paul H. Harvey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology written by Paul H. Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Niles Eldredge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780231083782
Total Pages : 349 pages
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Download or read book Phylogenetic Patterns and the Evolutionary Process written by Niles Eldredge and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : St. George Jackson Mivart
Publisher : London, Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Genesis of Species written by St. George Jackson Mivart and published by London, Macmillan. This book was released on 1871 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1104 pages
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Author : Radhakrishnan Nagarajan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461464463
Total Pages : 168 pages
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Download or read book Bayesian Networks in R written by Radhakrishnan Nagarajan and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bayesian Networks in R with Applications in Systems Biology is unique as it introduces the reader to the essential concepts in Bayesian network modeling and inference in conjunction with examples in the open-source statistical environment R. The level of sophistication is also gradually increased across the chapters with exercises and solutions for enhanced understanding for hands-on experimentation of the theory and concepts. The application focuses on systems biology with emphasis on modeling pathways and signaling mechanisms from high-throughput molecular data. Bayesian networks have proven to be especially useful abstractions in this regard. Their usefulness is especially exemplified by their ability to discover new associations in addition to validating known ones across the molecules of interest. It is also expected that the prevalence of publicly available high-throughput biological data sets may encourage the audience to explore investigating novel paradigms using the approaches presented in the book.