Download or read book Genes Only Defence written by AJC Green and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of time, a supernatural being was spawned and she oversaw the creation of the universe. A series of environmental disasters and protonic wars have ruined the planet Zula. A space station was built to house a select group of survivors. The scientists on the space station develop new technologies, which are used to build a new spaceship. Also developed is D-stasis, a process for extending hibernation indefinitely, which could facilitate travel over intergalactic distances. When the space station is attacked by aliens, the only way to save a group of children is to launch them in the new spaceship, which has been programmed to search for a habitable planet. The mysterious spirit – Leaffe – intervenes. After a voyage of 20,000 light years, they awaken from D-stasis in a solar system consisting of nine planets and a small sun. The ship is near an ice planet, which is obviously uninhabitable. An accident with a 3-D model prompts a plan to blow up a moon, which should lead to the planet being moved to a warmer orbit. Radio contact through a black hole has enabled the receipt of messages transmitted from the space station Haven, and possible transport, giving them hope of seeing their families in the future. Their system of hibernation allows the travellers to periodically observe the planet’s geological and evolutionary changes over long periods, without themselves aging. The planet is seeded with a variety of life forms, whose evolution leads to some interesting and dangerous adventures.
Download or read book Genes Only Defence written by AJC Green and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of time, a supernatural being was spawned and she oversaw the creation of the universe. A series of environmental disasters and protonic wars have ruined the planet Zula. A space station was built to house a select group of survivors. The scientists on the space station develop new technologies, which are used to build a new spaceship. Also developed is D-stasis, a process for extending hibernation indefinitely, which could facilitate travel over intergalactic distances. When the space station is attacked by aliens, the only way to save a group of children is to launch them in the new spaceship, which has been programmed to search for a habitable planet. The mysterious spirit – Leaffe – intervenes. After a voyage of 20,000 light years, they awaken from D-stasis in a solar system consisting of nine planets and a small sun. The ship is near an ice planet, which is obviously uninhabitable. An accident with a 3-D model prompts a plan to blow up a moon, which should lead to the planet being moved to a warmer orbit. Radio contact through a black hole has enabled the receipt of messages transmitted from the space station Haven, and possible transport, giving them hope of seeing their families in the future. Their system of hibernation allows the travellers to periodically observe the planet’s geological and evolutionary changes over long periods, without themselves aging. The planet is seeded with a variety of life forms, whose evolution leads to some interesting and dangerous adventures.
Download or read book Genetic Destinies written by Peter Little and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Genetic Destinies" opens with the stories of the lives of two imaginary women, which encompass the very best and the very worst of our hopes for gene science. Understanding what is reality and what is myth, what is possible and what impossible, is the key to unlocking the reality of this science.
Download or read book Handbook of Plant Science 2 Volume Set written by Keith Roberts and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2007-12-10 with total page 1697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Science, like the biological sciences in general, has undergone seismic shifts in the last thirty or so years. Of course science is always changing and metamorphosing, but these shifts have meant that modern plant science has moved away from its previous more agricultural and botanical context, to become a core biological discipline in its own right. However the sheer amount of information that is accumulating about plant science, and the difficulty of grasping it all, understanding it and evaluating it intelligently, has never been harder for the new generation of plant scientists or, for that matter, established scientists. And that is precisely why this Handbook of Plant Science has been put together. Discover modern, molecular plant sciences as they link traditional disciplines! Derived from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of Life Sciences! Thorough reference of up-to-the minute, reliable, self-contained, peer-reviewed articles – cross-referenced throughout! Contains 255 articles and 48 full-colour pages, written by top scientists in each field! The Handbook of Plant Science is an authoritative source of up-to-date, practical information for all teachers, students and researchers working in the field of plant science, botany, plant biotechnology, agriculture and horticulture.
Download or read book From Darwinian Metaphysics Towards Understanding the Evolution of Evolutionary Mechanisms written by Momme von Sydow and published by Universitätsverlag Göttingen. This book was released on 2012 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although Charles Darwin predicted that his theory 'would give zest to ... metaphysics, ' even he would be astonished at the variety of paths his theory has in fact taken. This holds with regard to both gene-Darwinism, a purified Darwinian approach biologizing the social sciences, and process- Darwinism found in the disciplines of psychology, philosophy of science, and economics. Although Darwinism is often linked to highly confirmed biological theories, some of its interpretations seem to profit from tautological claims as well, where scientific reputation cloaks ideological usage. This book discusses central tenets of Darwinism historically as well as systematically, for example the history of different Darwinian paradigms, the units-of-selection debate, and the philosophical problem of induction as basis of metaphysical Darwinism. Crucially the book addresses the Darwinian claim that evolution is governed by an immutable and unrelentingly cruel law of natural selection. Paradoxically, Darwins theory is a static, non-evolutionary theory of evolution. The current book sketches the historical background and provides suggestions that may help to replace this approach by the idea of an evolution of evolutionary mechanisms (see Escher's 'Drawing Hands' on the cover). This view even suggests a tendency to overcome the blindness of the knowledge acquisition of primordial Darwinian processes and allows for some freedom from external environments. This book first develops a radically Darwinian approach, then criticises this approach from within. Even Darwinism has a tendency to transcend itself. Although the book addresses several empirical issues, it does not challenge particular findings. Instead it builds on many insights of Darwinism and provides a proposal for interpreting known empirical evidence in a different light. It should help pave the way for further developing an understanding of nature that transcends Darwinian metaphysics"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Epigenetics in Plants of Agronomic Importance Fundamentals and Applications written by Raúl Alvarez-Venegas and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-26 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past few decades, chromatin modulation has emerged as an important regulator of gene expression. This second edition provides detailed information on the epigenetic mechanisms in plants, illustrating the value of this research in plants of agronomic importance. It examines recent advances regarding plants’ epigenetic regulation in response to abiotic and biotic types of stress; the epigenetic basis of plant immunity; evolution and functions of plant histones; epigenetic variation and plant breeding; and epigenome editing and crop improvement. The content is intended to promote the development of future biotechnologies to manipulate and selectively activate/inhibit proteins and metabolic pathways to counter pathogens, to treat important diseases, and to increase crop productivity. The development of new fields, like epigenome editing and RNA epigenetics, will certainly improve our understanding of currently known epigenetic modifications and their roles in e.g. host-pathogen interactions, crop productivity, and in response to environmental stimuli. This volume contains twelve new/revised chapters, written by an international team of experts on plant epigenetics, and addresses the needs of researchers and professionals in the fields of agronomics, crop breeding, epigenetics, plant biochemistry, plant developmental biology, and related disciplines.
Download or read book Viral Proteins Counteracting Host Defenses written by U.H. Koszinowski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first observations of viral interference with antigen presentation in the MHC class-I pathway, the field has advanced to a detailed analysis. We know numerous genes and for some of them we have profound information on their mechanistic function. The antigen presentation pathway is affected at all stages starting from proteasomal degradation of an antigenic viral protein, as shown for EBV, transfer of the proteasomal cleavage products as peptides in the ER by specific transporters, the loading of the nascent MHC class-I molecule, and finally the transport of the complex to the surface and presentation in a normal or deranged form. All these different steps of the MHC class-I antigen presentation pathway are targets for viral proteins. Not only MHC class-I but also MHC class-II proteins are a target of viral influence either by direct downregulation and degradation of proteins or by interference of signal transduction pathways.
Download or read book Advances in Botanical Research written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Botanical Research is a multi-volume publication that brings together reviews by recognized experts on subjects of importance to those involved in botanical research. For more than thirty years, Advances in Botanical Research has earned a reputation for excellence in the field. Academic Press has merged Advances in Plant Pathology into Advances in Botanical Research. The plant science community will find that the merger of these two serials will provide one comprehensive resource for the field. To ensure complete coverage, John Andrews and Inez Tommerup, the editors of Advances in Plant Pathology, have joined the editorial board of the new series, which will include equal coverage of plant pathology and botany in both thematic and mixed volumes. The first few volumes of the new series will be slanted toward botany or plant pathology; however, future eclectic volumes will be fully integrated.The resulting synergy of these two serials greatly benefits the plant science community by providing a more comprehensive resource under one roof. The joint aim is to continue to include the very best articles, thereby maintaining the status of a high impact factor review series.
Download or read book Theories and Methods for Minimizing Cadmium Pollution in Crops written by Zhongyi Yang and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cadmium (Cd) contamination has raised increasingly global concern on food safety. The book was composed to bring comprehensive and valuable thoughts about the food safety management against heavy metal contamination. In this book, current status of cadmium contamination in agricultural soils and crops is systematically summarized. In order to reduce the risk of Cd pollution in crops, Cd pollution-safe cultivar (Cd-PSC) strategy, i.e. identifying, breeding and applying the cultivars with particularly low Cd accumulation capacity in edible parts even when grown in Cd contaminated soil, is proposed as a most effective, low-cost and environmental-friendly method for minimizing Cd pollution in crops. To describe the framework of the Cd-PSC strategy, a series research results on water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica Forsk) are summarized as a typical case. The latest findings about the Cd-PSCs of water spinach, including cultivar variation in shoot Cd accumulation, identification and verification of low- and high-Cd accumulating cultivars, stability of Cd accumulation capacity at the cultivar level, biochemical and molecular mechanisms of the cultivar-dependent Cd uptake, transfer and accumulation, breeding methods for improving Cd-PSCs, and so on, have been covered. This book will provide valuable theoretical and practical understandings for controlling Cd pollution in crops grown on agricultural soils with known or unknown risk of Cd contamination.
Download or read book Plant Roots From Cells to Systems written by H.M. Anderson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the 14th Long Ashton International Symposium: Plant Roots - From Cells to Systems held in Bristol, UK, 13-15 September 1995
Download or read book Plant Gene Silencing written by Tamas Dalmay and published by CABI. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant gene silencing is a crucially important phenomenon in gene expression and epigenetics. This book describes the way small RNA is produced and acts to silence genes, its likely origins in defence against viruses, and also its potential to improve plants. Plant gene silencing can be used to improve industrial traits, make plants more nutritious or more valuable to consumers, to remove allergens, and to improve resistance to weeds and pathogens.
Download or read book Mitochondrial Eves written by AJC Green and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the infinite voids of space, time had no meaning. No today. No yesterday. Suddenly, a gargantuan explosion tore through this nothingness. This caused the universe to be conceived and it spawned Leaffe, a supernatural being. She oversaw the creation of the universe and the creation of planets. On one planet, Zula, the people had advanced to such an extent that they overpopulated the planet by banning religions and the concomitant wars. This increased greenhouse gasses through the overuse of industry and the planet was heading for self-destruction. A space station, Haven, was built to house a select group, so their race would survive. When aliens, led by Shaitan, attacked the space station, Leaffe intervened. She helped a group of children to escape in the newly built spaceship Ark, which had been built on Haven using green technology. The crew on Ark travelled in D-stasis cocoons and did not age. This allowed Leaffe to take the Ark to a solar system many light-years away. Using the Ark’s advanced technology, Leaffe subtly persuaded them to change the orbit of a planet closer to the sun, creating planet Earth. By leaving their cocoons only for short periods, they were able to observe and take part in the evolution of Earth from the dawn of the dinosaurs to Homo sapiens. Three of them stayed with the sapiens, but Shaitan arrived, with devastating consequences. The Ark returned thousands of years later, finding some frightening facts about Shaitan and that there was more than one Mitochondrial Eve.
Download or read book Function Of Specific Genes To Enhance Tolerance To Oxygen written by M. Morimyo and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crop Diseases and Their Control written by Pablo Steele & Marley Gibbs and published by Scientific e-Resources. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The control of diseases in crops is still to a great extent ruled by the utilization of fungicides, however with the expanding occurrence of fungicide protection, in addition to mounting worry for the earth coming about because of exorbitant agrochemical utilize, the scan for elective, solid strategies for disease control is picking up force. The motivation behind this essential book is to look at the advancement and misuse (or potential for abuse) of a scope of non-substance ways to deal with disease control, with an attention on the requirement for a more noteworthy comprehension of product biology as the reason for powerful disease control in the field. Sections in the book, composed by worldwide specialists in the branch of knowledge, incorporate scope of: organic control strategies; have plant protection; the misuse of resistance; also, the utilization of bacteriophages.
Download or read book Identification and Functional Dissection of Stress responsive Genes in Cotton written by Jia-He Wu and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gene Defense written by Joy Ashe and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-10-22 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fast-paced genetic thriller with a strong political undertow begins with a phone call plea for help to Boston-based attorney Paeton Weaver by her sister, Casey Bell, after the discovery of her philanthropist husbands bloodied body, supposedly, by his own hand. Local Florida authorities are suspicious about the circumstances of Leonard L. Bells death. His death comes in the year 2013, post the U.S. presidential inauguration. Paeton Weaver takes the reader on a disturbing journey to examine the social, psychological and legal ramifi cations of genetic social engineering when under new US leadership, citizens become valued based on genetic characteristics. Paeton discovers a dark Weaver family history through a series of nightmares. Secrets kept hidden over two hundred years reveal ghastly murders. She ponders her own genetic fate. In 2013, the American way of life, from our health care provisions, justice system, medical outcomes, jobs, friends, family, water, food supply and our very own fate, depends upon our DNA. No one can hide from their genetic history. What defense do we have against our genes?
Download or read book Defence Science Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
