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The basics of animal systems / by Wanjie, Anne,editor.(CARDINAL)609480;
Includes bibliographical references (page 90) and index.Diversity in the animal kingdom -- Ways of eating -- Locomotion -- Adapting to habitats -- Animal defense mechanisms -- Mating and offspring -- Close associations among animals -- Animal systems of communication -- Biography: Charles Darwin.In this text, readers can attend to the precise details of explanations and descriptions as expressed in the Reading Standards for Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects. They learn about animal diversity and investigate feeding differences. Animal locomotion, habitats, methods animals use to defend themselves, reproduction, and animal associations and symbioses (such as mutualisms, commensalism, and parasitisms) are explored in depth.
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Animals; Animals.; Biology.;
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Species and varieties; their origin by mutation. Lectures delivered at the University of California. Edited by Daniel Trembly MacDougal. by Vries, Hugo de,1848-1935.(CARDINAL)326672; MacDougal, Daniel Trembly,1865-1958.(CARDINAL)184668;
Subjects: Plants; Evolution (Biology);
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Free and unequal : the biological basis of individual liberty / by Williams, Roger J.(Roger John),1893-1988.(CARDINAL)723691;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Difference (Psychology); Human genetics.; Variation (Biology);
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Arrival of the fittest : solving evolution's greatest puzzle / by Wagner, Andreas,1967 January 26-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-280) and index.World enough, and time -- What Darwin didn't know -- The origin of innovation -- The universal library -- Shapely beauties -- Command and control -- The hidden architecture -- From nature to technology -- Plato's cave."Wagner draws on over fifteen years of research to present the missing piece in Darwin's theory. Using experimental and computational technologies that were heretofore unimagined, he has found that adaptations are not just driven by chance, but by a set of laws that allow nature to discover new molecules and mechanisms in a fraction of the time that random variation would take"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Evolutionary genetics.; Natural selection.; Variation (Biology);
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A silent gene theory of evolution / by Collins, Warwick.(CARDINAL)377034;
Subjects: Evolution.; Genetics.; Mutation (Biology); Natural selection.; Variation (Biology);
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The color of life / by De Waard, E. John.(CARDINAL)129474; Emry-Perrott, Jennifer,illustrator.(CARDINAL)330588;
Explains how color in plants, animals, and insects can attract, protect, and deceive.
Subjects: Camouflage (Biology); Color in nature; Color variation (Biology); Color variation (Biology);
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Dramatic displays / by Knight, Tim.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 31).The message -- Saying hello -- Display of strength -- Warning colors -- Bluffing -- Surprise -- Light show -- Flower power -- Showing off -- Beauty contest -- Courtship -- The greatest shows on Earth -- Fact file.Explores how different animals of the land, sea, and air create fantastic displays of light and color as they seek mates, give warnings, or simple gather together.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Color variation (Biology); Display behavior in animals.; Color variation (Biology); Animal behavior;
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Different appearances / by Pettiford, Rebecca.(CARDINAL)346429;
Look at us! -- Different together."In Different Appearances, beginning readers will learn to celebrate diversity by appreciating the many ways people look different from one another. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they draw inferences about how diversity makes our society stronger and more interesting"--From the publisher's web site.Kindergarten.K-3.K-3340LEAccelerated Reader ARAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Human anatomy; Physical anthropology.; Physical anthropology; Variation (Biology);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Reptile and amphibian variants : colors, patterns, and scales / by Bechtel, H. Bernard,1922-2009.(CARDINAL)328067;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-108) and indexes.
Subjects: Reptiles; Amphibians; Reptiles; Amphibians; Captive reptiles; Captive amphibians; Color variation (Biology); Scales (Reptiles);
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The variation of animals and plants under domestication. / by Darwin, Charles,1809-1882.(CARDINAL)137783;
Subjects: Variation (Biology); Domestic animals.; Plants, Cultivated.; Old State Library Collection.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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