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line Derived from the acclaimed online ' WormAtlas,' C. elegans Atlas is a large-format, full-color atlas of the hermaphroditic form of the model organism C. elegans , known affectionately as ' the worm' by workers in the field.

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Enterprise for Life Scientists is a new text designed to stimulate and develop entrepreneurial skills in the life science community. The book embraces the wide range of approaches and skills integral to the promotion of enterprise learning at an advanced level. Throughout the book, the authors demonstrate to the readers how to generate, assess, fund, communicate, market and protect their ideas.

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Evolution is a new book on evolutionary biology that integrates molecular biology, genomics, and human genetics with traditional studies of evolutionary processes.

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Genetic Variation: A Laboratory Manual is the first compendium of protocols specifically geared towards genetic variation studies.

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This forward-looking volume includes chapters on eye evolution, higher cognitive functions in insects, circadian rhythms and sleep, behavioral genetics, visual ecology, acoustic communication, and the evolution of excitability.

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Medical Statistics Made Easy 2nd edition continues to provide the easiest possible explanations of the key statistical techniques used throughout the medical literature.

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This volume covers the major threads in the molecular genetics of aging, including genes that regulate aging, causes of aging, evolutionary theories of aging, and the relationship between diet and aging.

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line As molecular and cellular biologists move toward nano-techniques for performing experiments on single molecules rather than on populations of molecules, a comprehensive manual on how (and why) to carry out such experiments is needed.
Single Molecule Techniques: A Laboratory Manual fills this requirement.

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This major new title is a comprehensive review of speciation and its consequences in birds. The book covers a broad range of areas, from genetics to biogeography and from phylogeny to ecology. It will be of interest to geneticists, ecologists, animal behaviourists and anyone with an interest in bird speciation.

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A new science of historical ecology is emerging, particularly in the USA and in special relation to coastal wetlands that are globally considered to be endangered habitats. This book is intended, through an examination of the history and coastal ecology of a virtually unstudied southern English Downland river, its coastal port and associated beaches, to act as a general model to determine if historical ecology can reveal protection, conservation and, possibly, restoration priorities.

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