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The tangled tree : a radical new history of life / by Quammen, David,1948-author.(CARDINAL)326293;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-439) and index.Three surprises : an introduction -- Darwin's little sketch -- A separate form of life -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Big tree -- Infective heredity -- Topiary -- E pluribus human.In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field-the study of life's diversity and relatedness at the molecular level-is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important. For instance, we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived not through traditional inheritance from directly ancestral forms, but sideways by viral infection-a type of HGT. In "The Tangled Tree" David Quammen, "one of that rare breed of science journalists who blends exploration with a talent for synthesis and storytelling" (Nature), chronicles these discoveries through the lives of the researchers who made them-such as Carl Woese, the most important little-known biologist of the twentieth century; Lynn Margulis, the notorious maverick whose wild ideas about "mosaic" creatures proved to be true; and Tsutomu Wantanabe, who discovered that the scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a direct result of horizontal gene transfer, bringing the deep study of genome histories to bear on a global crisis in public health. "Quammen is no ordinary writer. He is simply astonishing, one of that rare class of writer gifted with verve, ingenuity, humor, guts, and great heart" (Elle). Now, "in The Tangled Tree," he explains how molecular studies of evolution have brought startling recognitions about the tangled tree of life-including where we humans fit upon it. Thanks to new technologies such as CRISPR, we now have the ability to alter even our genetic composition-through sideways insertions, as nature has long been doing. "The Tangled Tree" is a brilliant guide to our transformed understanding of evolution, of life's history, and of our own human nature.
Subjects: Phylogeny; Evolution (Biology);
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What is life? : the physical aspect of the living cell ; with Mind and matter ; & Autobiographical sketches / by Schrödinger, Erwin,1887-1961,author.(CARDINAL)334222;
What is life? The classical physicist's approach to the subject ; The hereditary mechanism ; Mutations ; The quantum-mechanical evidence ; Delbrück's model discussed and tested ; Order, disorder and entropy ; Is life based on the laws of physics? ; Epilogue: On determinism and free will -- Mind and matter. The physical basis of consciousness ; The future of understanding ; The principle of objectivation ; The arithmetical paradox : the oneness of mind ; Science and religion ; The mystery of the sensual qualities -- Autobiographical sketches / translated by Schrödinger's granddaughter Verena.Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century. A distinguished physicist's exploration of the question which lies at the heart of biology, it was written for the layman, but proved one of the spurs to the birth of molecular biology and the subsequent discovery of the structure of DNA. The philosopher Karl Popper hailed it as a "beautiful and important book." It appears here together with Mind and Matter, his essay investigating a relationship which has eluded and puzzled philosophers since the earliest times. Brought together with these two classics are Schrödinger's autobiographical sketches, published and translated here for the first time, which offer a fascinating fragmentary account of his life as a background to his scientific writings.--Publisher description.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.; Biology; Human evolution.; Molecular biology.; Physicists;
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The triple helix : gene, organism, and environment / by Lewontin, Richard,1929-2021.(CARDINAL)333462;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132).
Subjects: Molecular biology; Developmental biology; Ecology; Evolution (Biology);
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Scale : the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies / by West, Geoffrey B.,author.(CARDINAL)755942;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-464) and index.The big picture -- The measure of all things: an introduction to scaling -- The simplicity, unity, and complexity of life -- The fourth dimension of life: growth, aging, and death -- From the Anthropocene to the Urbanocene: a planet dominated by cities -- Prelude to a science of cities -- Toward a science of cities -- Consequences and predictions: from mobility and the pace of life to social connectivity, diversity, metabolism, and growth -- Toward a science of companies -- The vision of a grand unified theory of sustainability."Visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks... Fascinated by issues of aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science, creating a new understanding of energy use and metabolism: West found that despite the riotous diversity in the sizes of mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other... West's work has been gaming changing for biologists, but then he made the even bolder move of exploring his work's applicability...and applied...[it] to the business and social world."--
Subjects: Scaling (Social sciences); Science; Evolution (Biology); Evolution; Urban ecology (Sociology); Social sciences; Sustainable development.;
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Scale : the universal laws of growth, innovation, sustainability, and the pace of life in organisms, cities, economies, and companies / by West, Geoffrey B.,author.(CARDINAL)755942;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-464) and index."From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in. The former head of the Sante Fe Institute, visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term "complexity" can be misleading, however, because what makes West's discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems, including our bodies, our cities and our businesses. Fascinated by issues of aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science, creating a new understanding of energy use and metabolism: West found that despite the riotous diversity in the sizes of mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other. If you know the size of a mammal, you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day, what its heart-rate is, how long it will take to mature, its lifespan, and so on. Furthermore, the efficiency of the mammal's circulatory systems scales up precisely based on weight: if you compare a mouse, a human and an elephant on a logarithmic graph, you find with every doubling of average weight, a species gets 25% more efficient--and lives 25% longer. This speaks to everything from how long we can expect to live to how many hours of sleep we need. Fundamentally, he has proven, the issue has to do with the fractal geometry of the networks that supply energy and remove waste from the organism's body"--
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Evolution; Scaling (Social sciences); Science; Social sciences; Sustainable development.; Urban ecology (Sociology);
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What it means to be 98% chimpanzee : apes, people, and their genes / by Marks, Jonathan(Jonathan M.),1955-(CARDINAL)384439;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-302) and index.Introduction -- Molecular anthropology -- The ape in you -- How people differ from one another -- The meaning of human variation -- Behavioral genetics -- Folk heredity -- Human nature -- Human rights ... for apes? -- A human gene museum? -- Identity and descent -- Is blood really so damn thick? -- Science, religion, and worldview.1250L
Subjects: Human beings; Human genetics.; Human molecular genetics.; Human evolution.;
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Darwin's radio / by Bear, Greg,1951-2022.(CARDINAL)347073;
A retrovirus is discovered which provokes miscarriages in women, followed by a second pregnancy without sexual intercourse. As scientists race to unlock its mysteries, fears grow it may herald the end of the human race as we know it.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Women molecular biologists; DNA viruses; Evolution; DNA;
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From DNA to diversity : molecular genetics and the evolution of animal design / by Carroll, Sean B.(CARDINAL)272087; Grenier, Jennifer K.(CARDINAL)272086; Weatherbee, Scott D.(CARDINAL)325573;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A brief history of animals -- The genetic toolkit for development -- Building animals -- Evolution of the toolkit -- Diversification of body plans and body parts -- Evolution of morphological novelties -- Morphological variation and species divergence -- From DNA to diversity: the primacy of regulatory evolution.
Subjects: Evolutionary genetics.; Molecular genetics.; Biodiversity.; Morphology (Animals);
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Molecular and cell biology / by Stansfield, William D.,1930-(CARDINAL)151244; Colomé, Jaime S.(CARDINAL)739841; Cano, Raúl J.(CARDINAL)739840;
Subjects: Problems and exercises.; Molecular biology.; Molecular biology; Cytology.; Cytology;
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Biology of amphibians / by Duellman, William E.(William Edward),1930-(CARDINAL)321907; Trueb, Linda.(CARDINAL)322943;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 557-610) and index.Introduction to the amphibia -- Life history -- Reproductive strategies -- Courtship and mating -- Vocalization -- Eggs and development -- Larvae -- Metamorphosis -- Ecology -- Relationships with the environment -- Food and feeding -- Enemies and defense -- Population biology -- Community ecology and species diversity -- Morphology -- Musculoskeletal system -- Integumentary, sensory and visceral systems -- Evolution -- Origin and early evolution -- Cytogenetic, molecular and genomic evolution -- Phylogeny -- Biogeography -- Classification.
Subjects: Amphibians.;
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