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Provides up-to-date information and advances in biological status and classification of fungi Discusses the comprehensive role of fungi in various sectors, in food and agriculture, in biofuel production, in the production of production of antibiotics or antimicrobial agents, etc. Presents the recent systemic taxonomic classifications, developments, applications in molecular mycology and conservation strategies for mycoflora

Proteogenomics examines various aspects of technologies thathave been adopted in the field of Proteogenomics. It includes the meaning of Proteogenomics and various tools required tohave an in-depth understanding of these kinds of studies. Providethe reader with the insights into the development of biologicalresearch which would help in utilizing the combination ofproteomics, genomics, and transcriptomics to aid in the discoveryand identification of peptides.

This volume is the second of the new two-volume Plant Biotechnology set. This volume covers many recent advances in the development of transgenic plants that have revolutionized our concepts of sustainable food production, cost-effective alternative energy strategies, microbial biofertilizers and biopesticides, and disease diagnostics through plant biotechnology. With the advancements in plant biotechnology, many of the customary approaches are out of date, and an understanding of new updated approaches is needed. This volume presents information related to recent methods of genetic transformation, gene silencing, development of transgenic crops, biosafety issues, microbial biotechnology, oxidative stress, and plant disease diagnostics and management. Key features: Provides an in-depth knowledge of various techniques of genetic transformation of plants, chloroplast, and fungus Describes advances in gene silencing in plants Discusses transgenic plants for various traits and their application in crop improvement Looks at genetically modified foods and biodiesel production Describes biotechnological approaches in horticultural and ornamental plants Explores the biosafety aspect associated with transgenic crops Considers the role of microbes in sustainable agriculture

Guide to Microforms and Digital Resources is the internationally acknowledged standard guide to microforms, listing more than 225,000 publications available from approx. 260 publishers and distributors around the world. It has now also embarked on listing online titles and digitally-scanned research material, made accessible to the user in electronic formats. The titles listed are rare and valuable monographs, historical journals, newspapers, almanacs, and periodicals, as well as archive holdings, collections, bequests and much more. Entries contain the following information: title, subtitle; author(s), editor(s); publisher, place and date of publication; collation information; type of product; price; ISBN/ISSN; order number; publisher/distributor code; subject class. The alphabetical Author Title list comprises title entries with cross-references from authors and editors to respective titles. The Subject Guide facilitates the search for products regarding specific subjects. The classification is based on a modified Dewey Decimal Classification System. By means of the alphabetical Index of Persons as Subject, the user can see at a glance all titles or collections dealing with specific persons and their work. The Guide comes with an Index of Publishers and Distributors worldwide along with all relevant information. The eBookPLUS format comprises the content and search criteria of the printed edition and its indices, facilitating complex searches.

At a glance, most species seem adapted to the environment in which they live. Yet species relentlessly evolve, and populations within species evolve in different ways. Evolution, as it turns out, is much more dynamic than biologists realized just a few decades ago. In Relentless Evolution, John N. Thompson explores why adaptive evolution never ceases and why natural selection acts on species in so many different ways. Thompson presents a view of life in which ongoing evolution is essential and inevitable. Each chapter focuses on one of the major problems in adaptive evolution: How fast is evolution? How strong is natural selection? How do species co-opt the genomes of other species as they adapt? Why does adaptive evolution sometimes lead to more, rather than less, genetic variation within populations? How does the process of adaptation drive the evolution of new species? How does coevolution among species continually reshape the web of life? And, more generally, how are our views of adaptive evolution changing? Relentless Evolution draws on studies of all the major forms of life—from microbes that evolve in microcosms within a few weeks to plants and animals that sometimes evolve in detectable ways within a few decades. It shows evolution not as a slow and stately process, but rather as a continual and sometimes frenetic process that favors yet more evolutionary change.

Learned societies, such as the Royal Society of London and the Dublin Philosophical Society were a central feature of the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. This volume shows that a study of the work and membership of these groups is essential before any realistic assessment can be made of the scientific world at this time. Based on a wide range of manuscript and other sources, this book illuminates, by means of an examination of a particular group of natural philosophers, on problems of general interest to all those concerned with the wider aspects of science in this period.

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