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“pete e lestrel”

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  • Biological Shape Analysis - Proceedings Of The 3rd International Symposium

    by Pete E Lestrel ...
    The proceedings were designed to bring together researchers who share a common interest in the quantitative description of the biological form. Participants came from very diverse disciplines such as agricultural genetics, botany, entomology, forensics, human anatomy, paleontology, human evolution, primatology, dentistry, etc. The participants applied various methodological approaches that are ... Read more

    $60.29 USD

  • Biological Shape Analysis - Proceedings Of The 2nd International Symposium

    by Pete E Lestrel ...
    This proceedings volume describes the current state of research dealing with biological shape analysis. The quantitative analysis of the shape of biological organisms represents a challenge that has now seen breakthroughs with new methodologies such as elliptical Fourier analysis, quantitative trait loci analysis (QTLs), thin plate splines, etc. The volume also illustrates the diversity of ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

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  • The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry

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  • A Troublesome Inheritance

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  • The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being

    Evolution and the Making of Us

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  • The 10,000 Year Explosion

    How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution

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  • The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

    The Long Reach of the Gene

    by Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett ...
    Series series Oxford Landmark Science
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  • Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

    by Ann Druyan, Carl Sagan ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Exciting and provocative . . . A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read.”—The Washington Post Book WorldWorld renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts ... Read more

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  • Respiratory System

    Study Guide

    by Roger Prior ...
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    Respiratory System is a presentation of the human respiratory system although many of the details are transferrable to other animals as well. It begins with an examination of the structures and functions involved with external respiration across the surface of alveoli before it considers the mechanics of breathing and how inhaled air is conditioned before it arrives at the alveoli. The unit then ... Read more

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