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Evolution in a toxic world : how life responds to chemical threats

Title
Evolution in a toxic world : how life responds to chemical threats / Emily Monosson.
Author
Monosson, Emily.
Publication
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2012.

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Description
xii, 223 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Environmental toxicology
  • Chemicals > Physiological effect
  • Adaptation (Physiology)
  • Ecophysiology
  • Evolution (Biology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-216) and index.
Contents
Shining a light on earth's oldest toxic threat? -- When life gives you oxygen, respire -- Metal planet -- It takes two (or more) for the cancer tango -- Chemical warfare -- Sensing chemicals -- Coordinated defense -- Toxic evolution -- Toxic overload? -- Appendix. Five recent additions to the chemical handbook of life.
Call Number
JSE 14-4
ISBN
  • 9781597269766 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 159726976X (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781597269773 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1597269778 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012003365
OCLC
767565910
Author
Monosson, Emily.
Title
Evolution in a toxic world : how life responds to chemical threats / Emily Monosson.
Imprint
Washington, DC : Island Press, c2012.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-216) and index.
Research Call Number
JSE 14-4
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