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Taxonomy is fundamental to understanding the variety of lifeforms, and exciting expansions in molecular biology are re-volutionising the obtained data. This volume reviews the ma-jor molecular biological techniques thatare applied in ta-xonomy. The chapters are arranged in three main sections:1)Overviews of important topics in molecular taxonomy; 2) Casestudies of the successful application of molecular methodsto taxonomic and evolutionary questions; 3) Protocols for arange of generally applicablemethods. The described techni-ques include DNA-DNA hybridization, DNAfingerprinting, RFLPanalysis, and PCR sequencing. ... Read more

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Creating some links between control feedback and biology modeling communities based on similarities in modeling, observing and perceiving alive structures, and analyzing interconnections between biological structures and subsystems was the main objective of this volume.

In this context, biology systems need appropriate analysis tools due to their structure and hierarchy, complexity and environment interference, and we believe that these aspects may generate interesting research topics in control area. Indeed, several works, raising the potential impact of control developments to bring some beginning of answers in the context of biological systems, have been published in the recent years.

The idea of this book was conceived in the context mentioned above with the objective to help in claiming many of the problems for control researchers, starting discussions and opening interactive debates between the control and biology communities, and, finally, to alert graduate students to the many interesting ideas at the frontier between control feedback theory and biology.

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This edition provides access to the texts of the famous Traite de Zoologie and is now available to a worldwide readership. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from OnEarth, published by Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. on March 22, 2002. The length of the article is 517 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The high-tech age of counter intelligence. (Taxonomy).(Brief Article)
Author: Jennifer Kahn
Publication: OnEarth (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 22, 2002
Publisher: Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Volume: 24Issue: 1Page: 9(1)

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Systems biology represents the integration and application of various technologies that share a common goal of measuring globally the properties of a specific biological sample. These combined data describe and monitor the complex networks that exist within each cell, tissue and organism, and can be used to generate predictive models of the behavior of the system. This volume aims to provide a timely view of the "state of the art" in systems biology. The editors take the opportunity to define systems biology as they and the contributing authors see it, and this will lay the groundwork for future studies. The volume is well-suited to both students and researchers interested in the methods of systems biology. Although the focus is on plant systems biology, the proposed material could be suitably applied to any organism.

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"The Networking of Chaperones by Co-chaperones" updates the current understanding of how chaperones are regulated and networked, and is a resource for those in the specialized field of cell stress and chaperones. The book will also be of interest to those in broader cross-cutting field such as cellular networks and systems biology.

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Rhizoctonia Species: Taxonomy, Molecular Biology, Ecology,Pathology and Control, written by the world's most reputableexperts in their respective fields of Rhizoctonia research, summarizesyears of research in the various aspects of the ubiquitous complexgroup of soil-borne fungi belonging to the anamorph genus Rhizoctonia.Species of Rhizoctonia worldwide cause economically important diseaseson most of the world's important plants such as cereals, potato,cotton, sugarbeet, vegetables, ornamentals and trees in nurseries.
The subject reviews covered in the book include classic as well asmodern approaches to Rhizoctonia research in: Taxonomy and Evolution,Genetics and Pathogenicity, Plant-Rhizoctonia Interactions,Ecology, Population and Disease Dynamics, Disease Occurrence andManagement in Various Crops, Cultural Control, Biological Control,Germplasm for Resistance, Chemical and Integrated Control Strategies.It aims to be the standard reference source book on Rhizoctonia forthe next decade or more, just as Parmeter et al. (1970) has been inthe past. It will be an important publication for Rhizoctoniainvestigators, plant pathologists, students, extension specialists,crop producers and companies dealing with plant disease control. ... Read more

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This volume continues bringing to readers the findings ofeminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Among the topicsdiscussed in this book are the origin of the dermal skeleton inconodont chordates, patterns of nucleotide substitution and codonusage in plasmid DNA evolution, a model to explain phenotype stabilityin functional systems, and inter-island speciation of Hawaiian biota. ... Read more

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In this book, Renaud Fortuner brings together a group of leading authorities to explore the application of artificial intelligence and other modern computer methods to that branch of biology known as systematics - the field of study aimed at identifying and classifying organisms and reconstructing their evolutionary relationships. The book begins with an overview of artificial intelligence and its applications in biology and medicine. Subsequent chapters then focus on four main areas of computer applications to systematics: methods of phylogenetic reconstruction; identification of biological specimens through computerized "reasoning paths" known as "expert systems"; the use of databases; and machine vision, that is, the computerized recording and analysis of the physical features of organisms. The sections are prefaced by tutorial chapters presenting current problems in systematics along with possible computer solutions.Based on the 1990 AR TISYST conference sponsored by the National Science Foundation, with recommendations for future funding, the volume is both a comprehensive treatmetn of state-of-the-art research in computer science and systematic biology and a practical guide for specialists in either field who are considering possible collaboration. ... Read more

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Fungi belonging to the genera Trichoderma and Gliocladium are soil-borne saprophytes which have been used for industrial and agricultural applications for decades. Some strains produce enzymes and antibiotics while others are useful as biological agents for the protections of plants against pathogens. This first volume of two, gives a detailed account of the morphology and taxonomy of Trichoderma and Gliocladium, before discussing their ecology and basic biology. Molecular biological aspects examined include their genome and gene structure, genetic transformation and asexual genetics. A chapter on safety aspects is also included. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Macmillan Reference USA Science Library: Biology, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1088 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.A comprehensive collection of articles on all aspects of biological science, including its history and issues. Includes articles on biology-related careers and important individuals, as well as topics from active transport to zoology research. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases on April 1, 2005. The length of the article is 586 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Pathogenic Fungi--Structural Biology and Taxonomy.(Book Review)
Author: Errol Reiss
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 2005
Publisher: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
Volume: 11Issue: 4Page: 643(1)

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