The Resource Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene, Emily Monosson
Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene, Emily Monosson
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The item Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene, Emily Monosson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- In a narrative style, this book explains how humans are driving rapid contemporary evolution through the use of toxic chemicals and what we can do about it. Gonorrhoea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. Polar Bears. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. This book shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result. Monosson reveals that the very code of life is more fluid than once imagined. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure on to evolve or die, beneficial traits can sweep rapidly through a population. Species with explosive population growth, the insects, bacteria and weeds, tend to thrive, while bigger, slower-to-reproduce creatures, like ourselves, are more likely to succumb. Unnatural Selection is eye-opening and more than a little disquieting. But it also suggests how we might lesson our impact: manage pests without creating super bugs; protect individuals from disease without inviting epidemics; and benefit from technology without threatening the health of our children
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 187 pages
- Note
- Scheduled to be published January 2015
- Contents
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- Life-changing chemicals
- Unnatural selection in a natural world. Discovery : antibiotics and the rise of the superbug ; Prevention : searching for a universal vaccine ; Treatment : beyond chemotherapy ; Defiance : rounding up resistance ; Resurgence : bedbugs bite back
- Natural selection in an unnatural world. Release : toxics in the wild ; Evolution : it's humanly possible
- Beyond selection. Epigenetics : epilogue or prologue?
- Isbn
- 9781610914994
- Label
- Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene
- Title
- Unnatural selection
- Title remainder
- how we are changing life, gene by gene
- Statement of responsibility
- Emily Monosson
- Title variation
- How we are changing life, gene by gene
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In a narrative style, this book explains how humans are driving rapid contemporary evolution through the use of toxic chemicals and what we can do about it. Gonorrhoea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. Polar Bears. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. This book shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result. Monosson reveals that the very code of life is more fluid than once imagined. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure on to evolve or die, beneficial traits can sweep rapidly through a population. Species with explosive population growth, the insects, bacteria and weeds, tend to thrive, while bigger, slower-to-reproduce creatures, like ourselves, are more likely to succumb. Unnatural Selection is eye-opening and more than a little disquieting. But it also suggests how we might lesson our impact: manage pests without creating super bugs; protect individuals from disease without inviting epidemics; and benefit from technology without threatening the health of our children
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Monosson, Emily
- Dewey number
- 576.542
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Antibiotics
- Environmental toxicology
- Chemicals
- Adaptation (Physiology)
- Ecophysiology
- Evolution (Biology)
- Label
- Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene, Emily Monosson
- Note
- Scheduled to be published January 2015
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-178) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Life-changing chemicals -- Unnatural selection in a natural world. Discovery : antibiotics and the rise of the superbug ; Prevention : searching for a universal vaccine ; Treatment : beyond chemotherapy ; Defiance : rounding up resistance ; Resurgence : bedbugs bite back -- Natural selection in an unnatural world. Release : toxics in the wild ; Evolution : it's humanly possible -- Beyond selection. Epigenetics : epilogue or prologue?
- Control code
- 000053735888
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 187 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610914994
- Lccn
- 2014939900
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)876350439
- Label
- Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene, Emily Monosson
- Note
- Scheduled to be published January 2015
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-178) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Life-changing chemicals -- Unnatural selection in a natural world. Discovery : antibiotics and the rise of the superbug ; Prevention : searching for a universal vaccine ; Treatment : beyond chemotherapy ; Defiance : rounding up resistance ; Resurgence : bedbugs bite back -- Natural selection in an unnatural world. Release : toxics in the wild ; Evolution : it's humanly possible -- Beyond selection. Epigenetics : epilogue or prologue?
- Control code
- 000053735888
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- x, 187 pages
- Isbn
- 9781610914994
- Lccn
- 2014939900
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)876350439
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