"In the United States, more than half the population believes in a more or less literal reading of the Bible, and the overwhelming majority of people (including a large proportion of high school science teachers!) reject the idea that humans evolved from "lower" forms of animals…
A "Two problems continually arise in the sciences and humanities, according to Mario Bunge: parts and wholes and the origins of novelty. In Emergence and Convergence, he addresses these problems, as well as those of systems and their emergent properties, as exemplified by the sy…
"The authors touch on every major field of biology, from molecular genetics and neurobiology, through animal behavior and ecology, to evolution, extinction and even economics. At each level, they describe well-known phenomena that today's standard theories, steeped as they are i…
Cytogenetics and related aspects in some pulse crops. Use of mutations for chromosome mapping and breeding in pisum. Cytogenetics of the genus glycine. Cytogenetics and use of alien genetic variation in groundnut improvement. The use of potato haploids in genetics and breeding. …
"Evolutionary developmental biology, also known as evo-devo or EDB, seeks to find links between development and evolution by opening the "black box" of development's role in evolution and in the evolution of developmental mechanisms. In particular, this volume emphasizes the rol…
Sampling. Project design. Collection and storage of tissues. Molecular techniques. Proteins: isozyme electrophoresis. Chromosomes: molecular cytogenetics. Nucleic acids I: DNA-DNA hybridization. Nucleic acids II: the polymerase chain reaction. Nucleic acids III: analysis of frag…