{"title":"Developmental biology Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-biology-of-death-9780190687724","title":"The Biology of Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow does death help us understand the living? Death is more than the last event of life; it is interwoven into our growth, development, protection against disease, and more. It influences the direction of entire species via the cycle of a lifespan, and it involves asking many fascinating questions. How do we differentiate between life and death, though? How do we know when a person, animal, or cell is really dead? How much grey area is there in the science? Why do we age? Can we do anything about it? Scientifically, there''s much we can learn about a living thing from its cells. In all living things, cells seem to carry death gene programs. Some living organisms have created systems to use these to their own advantage. Humans, for example, use the death of specific cells to hone our immune system and to give us fingernails and hair. Perhaps the most dramatic use occurs during the metamorphosis of insects and frogs. Even single-celled organisms use quorum sensing to eliminate some cells\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is valuable for its encyclopedic scope and impressive information content * Richard A. Richards, The Quarterly Review of Biology *\u003cbr\u003eThis is an expansive, nearly encyclopedic, review of the end of life, ranging from the life and death of cells to mass extinctions of species. Death is necessary for life to continue, and Gary C. Howard discusses all major categories of organisms, from bacteria, fungi, and plants to human beings. By reading Howard's book, readers will discover aspects of life they never before appreciated. * John Mayfield, Professor Emeritus, Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University *\u003cbr\u003eThis remarkably interesting book explores a series of fascinating questions about life and death. Why do we age and what can we do about it? Gary C. Howard approaches these questions and, most amazingly, discusses how living organisms have evolved to use selective death to their advantage. Biology uses selective cell death to refine our immune system, to give us fingers, to allow fruit to drop from trees and tadpoles to become frogs. * Eric Verdin, CEO and President, The Buck Institute for Research on Aging *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Chapter 1: Death in Life Chapter 2: Defining Life and Death Chapter 3: What Kills Humans Chapter 4: Aging and Senescence Chapter 5: Dying Chapter 6: Ashes to Ashes and Dust to Dust Chapter 7: Genetics of Life and Death Chapter 8: Death of Cells Chapter 9: Programmed Cell Death in Humans Chapter 10: Death in Plants Chapter 11: Death in Bacteria, Fungi, and Protista Chapter 12: Death on a Grand Scale Chapter 13: Last Hominid Standing Chapter 14: Bioethics Chapter 15: Future of Death Chapter 16: Death Is More than Dying  Glossary References Index","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732542763351,"sku":"9780190687724","price":26.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190687724.jpg?v=1719997354"},{"product_id":"a-world-beyond-physics-9780190871338","title":"A World Beyond Physics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the possiblity and process of evolution beyond the standard and established scientific principles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA World Beyond Physics, broken into short chapters and written with infectious enthusiasm and exclamation marks, is meant as an introduction to the importance of emergence in biology. * Kevin Schilbrack, Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture *\u003cbr\u003emakes for stimulating reading . . . [Kauffman's] prose is reader-friendly and thought-provoking . . . I highly recommend Kauffman's book to anyone interestedin the ongoing scientific enterprise to model the transition from physical to living systems. * Ragnar van der Merwe, University of Johannesburg, Metascience *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a delightful little book that considers the classic question, \"What is life?\" * P. K. Strother, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003eA World Beyond Physics is a well-written and thought provoking book. It should prove a worthwhile read for anyone with an undergraduate knowledge of biology and physics who is interested in amore philosophical take on the origins, complexities, and evolution of life. * Rebekah Hall, Mathematical \u0026amp; Statistical Sciences and Daniel A. Charlebois, Physics, University of Alberta, The Quarterly Review of Biology *\u003cbr\u003eFor persons with the requisite scientific background, the book will be very rewarding to read...The book has many applications to the science and theology interchange... * Jay R. Feierman, European Society for the Study of Science and Theology News and Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROLOGUE  CHAPTER 1: The World Is Not a Machine  CHAPTER 2:  The Function of Function  CHAPTER 3: Propagating Organization  CHAPTER 4: Demystifying Life  CHAPTER 5: How to Make a Metabolism  CHAPTER 6: Protocells  CHAPTER 7: Heritable Variation  CHAPTER 8: The Games We Play  CHAPTER 9: The Stage is Set  CHAPTER 10: Exaptations and Screwdrivers  CHAPTER 11: AWorld Beyond Physics  EPILOGUE: The Evolution of the Economy","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732546629975,"sku":"9780190871338","price":33.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190871338.jpg?v=1719997368"},{"product_id":"organismic-animal-biology-9780192893598","title":"Organismic Animal Biology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNeither cellular\/molecular nor ecosystem processes can be fully understood without a detailed understanding of the biology of the whole organism. Despite this, much of modern biology teaching tends to be focused on the cellular and molecular level, with the organism often neglected. This is particularly noticeable in many undergraduate biology programs, where introductory courses in animal biology are either given with limited evolutionary context or else use an outdated view of animal phylogeny. This accessible textbook provides a general conceptual framework for understanding the organismic level. It provides a broad overview of the diversity of animal life while focusing on general organizational principles with a few, carefully chosen examples rather than providing exhaustive specific details. The book adopts two parallel tracks, with most chapters focusing on one or the other. 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Developmental Biology, Thirteenth Edition, accommodates the needs of both beginners and advanced students by clearly distinguishing the main subject matter from the details needed by advanced students.An enhanced eBook contains videos, interviews, tutorials, and interactive features. This market-leading text embodies the breadth, intellectual rigor, and wonder of contemporary developmental biology.","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732652863831,"sku":"9780197574614","price":189.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780197574614.jpg?v=1719997808"},{"product_id":"consciousness-9780198794738","title":"Consciousness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsciousness, ''the last great mystery for science'', remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could consciousness itself be an illusion? Exciting new developments in brain science are continuing the debates on these issues, and the field has now expanded to include biologists, neuroscientists, psychologists, and philosophers. This controversial book clarifies the potentially confusing arguments, and the major theories, whilst also outlining the amazing pace of discoveries in neuroscience. Covering areas such as the construction of self in the brain, mechanisms of attention, the neural correlates of consciousness, and the physiology of altered states of consciousness, Susan Blackmore highlights our latest findings.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. 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It covers all the essential topics, including cell biology, cell signalling, cell specialization, genomic control of development, evidence for evolution, and cell ageing and death.The author guides students carefully and gradually through the concise contents, providing a robust basis for understanding the molecular and morphological events that occur during embryo development, but that are also important in adult homeostasis, regeneration, and disease. Students will delve into the secrets of stem cells, the marvels of regeneration, and the paradox of how a broadly conserved genome can support the biodiversity we see throughout the natural world. Engaging case studies and ''scientific approach'' boxes challenge the reader to think critically and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1: Why aren't we all worms? 2: How and why do cells talk to each other? 3: The secret lives of stem cells 4: Embryo origami 5: Creating diverse and extreme body plans 6: The good, the bad, and the old: developmental principles in regeneration and ageing","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732823290199,"sku":"9780198869139","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780198869139.jpg?v=1719998551"},{"product_id":"successful-careers-beyond-the-lab-9781107161054","title":"Successful Careers Beyond the Lab","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is a major demand for people with scientific training in a wide range of professions based on and maintaining relations with science. However, there is a lack of good first-hand information about alternative career paths to research. From entrepreneurship, industry and the media to government, public relations, activism and teaching, this is a readable guide to science based skills, lifestyles and career paths. The ever-narrowing pyramid of opportunities within an academic career structure, or the prospect of a life in the laboratory losing its attraction, mean that many who trained in science and engineering now look for alternative careers. Thirty role models who began by studying many different disciplines give personal guidance for graduates, postgraduates and early-career scientists in the life sciences, physical sciences and engineering. 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Sir Walter Bodmer, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine\u003cbr\u003e'The enthusiastic and positive accounts in this book provide ample evidence that there is life beyond the lab, and that it can be a good life: rewarding, fulfilling and richly varied. To take that decision to go where the grass might be greener requires careful thought and the application of your best research skills - to research your own future. This book provides one major source of information, advice and a great range of personal words of guidance to help inform your next step.' Gordon Chesterman, University of Cambridge Careers Service\u003cbr\u003e'… offers students and early career scientists the indispensable personal experience of more than thirty skilled professionals who started out as academics and ended up in the most varied array of successful professions. Reading about the many routes that a scientist can choose, from becoming an EU-level regulatory expert and lobbyist, to a company founder and multi-millionaire, this book is not only insightful but also inspirational for those eager to branch out from the confines of their science. I wish I had had the opportunity of feasting my eyes on this a quarter of a century ago as I scratched my head as to which way to turn once I left the lab.' Nathalie Moll, European Association for Bioindustries, Belgium\u003cbr\u003e'If there's one valuable message here it's 'know thyself - but don't dismiss serendipity'. While the advice of careers professionals to analyse skills and preferences is important, the personal stories show just how important it is to keep an open mind and that even the most successful career isn't really planned but relies on a willingness to grasp opportunities. For women, as a minority in the UK STEM workforce, these personal case studies offer reassurance that it's good to take risks and great careers await us all.' Averil Macdonald, OBE, University of Reading\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Sir Tom Blundell; Part I. Career Services', Recruiters' and Students' Viewpoints: 1. What type of scientist are you? Nalayini Thambar and Clare Jones; 2. Researching my career: from science to career education Lori Conlan; 3. Career enlightenment for the twenty-first century Stephen Isherwood; 4. Doctoral graduates in policy and advocacy Adam Wright; Part II. Industry and Related Occupations: 5. Opportunities for entrepreneurial scientists and engineers in the post-genomic era Darrin M. Disley; 6. From monkeys to medicines and beyond - navigating careers in industry and academia Jackie Hunter; 7. Lessons from evolution on how to build a business Jonathan Milner; 8. Entrepreneurship, management, public relations and consulting Nick Scott-Ram; 9. From science to engineering and business: the converging stories of three friends Ermeena Malik; 10. From lab bench to board room: the patent attorney's tale Robert Stephen; 11. From molecular biology to GMO regulation and policy Delphine Carron; 12. Rebel with a cause? From physics to activism Philip Webber; 13. Science public relations - it needs to be in your genes Richard Hayhurst; Part III. The Public Sector: 14. From rock pools to Whitehall Miles Parker; 15. Science for global good - a polymath's approach Jasdeep Sandhu; 16. Skills, networks and luck David Cleevely; 17. Politics and policy Julian Huppert; Part IV. Journalism and the Media: 18. The wonderful world of reporting, or the marsupial mole revisited Tim Radford; 19. Reflections of a thinking pinball: the surprises, challenges and rewards of a career in radio Peter Evans; 20. From science to storytelling Madhumita Murgia; 21. Propelled by science: a life on camera Vivienne Parry OBE; 22. A career in science radio and podcasting Chris Smith and Kat Arney; Part V. Science Communication, Teaching and Ethics: 23. What to do when you don't know what you're doing; or, my first twenty-five years in science communication John Durant; 24. A butterfly career in science and beyond to public engagement Nicola Buckley; 25. A lifetime's fun and interest with teaching and allied matters Ian Harvey; 26. In search of the ethical path Stuart Parkinson; 27. Environmental policy, politics and science - not always an easy ride Julie Hill; Further sources of information.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738244559191,"sku":"9781107161054","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"dental-anthropology-9781108433969","title":"Dental Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHillson provides a biological context for human teeth, a guide to key skills, and an introduction to current issues. Designed to be the core textbook for courses on bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, and palaeoanthropology, this is the definitive manual for tooth identification, variation, histology, wear, and disease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The field of dental anthropology has evolved rapidly since the first edition of this self-titled book, and this new edition expertly presents updated findings and technological advances across the field. Notably, it was and remains the go-to resource for the macro- and microscopic study of dental development, structure and function, including entire chapters devoted to the principal oral tissues.' Joel D. 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I wish I had all this organized information when I started my dental research as a graduate student or, even now, when students begin their own research careers.' Jerry Rose, Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas\u003cbr\u003e'A well-timed fantastic revised and fully updated edition of a classic book, now including newer analytical techniques. This is an extremely useful text which will be a required staple on every bioarchaeologist's shelf. The sections on 3D morphological analysis and use of newer methods developed or made more accessible to anthropologists since the first edition are especially valuable.' Sonia Zakrzewski, University of Southampton\u003cbr\u003e'The new second edition of Simon Hillson's Dental Anthropology is a significant revision to the 1996 first edition and is a well-written, well-illustrated, comprehensive, treatment of the subject. Meticulously updated throughout, it reflects the many important recent advancements in the field and is at once primer, guide, textbook, and reference. Hillson's Dental Anthropology delivers in every aspect and will be an important addition to the library of anyone interested in the scientific study of teeth.' Greg Nelson, University of Oregon\u003cbr\u003e'The second edition is certain to become the definitive text on dental anthropology written by the leading expert in the field. Professor Hillson shares his knowledge in an accessible and absorbing manner, a style for which he is well known. The book is comprehensible to those just starting to study teeth; yet, even the most erudite dental anthropologist will come away with new knowledge from this text and will certainly turn to it regularly for reference.' Marin Pilloud, University of Nevada, Reno\u003cbr\u003e'This book is a journey into the fascinating and extravagant world of teeth. It is an essential starting point for the study teeth, but also a bridge to more detailed approaches. It covers a broad range of dental topics such as anatomy, morphology, histology, wear and diseases. It is an indispensable reference work for any dental researcher.' Ana Maria Silva, University of Coimbra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents; List of abbreviations; Preface; 1. Dental anatomy; 2. Variation in size and shape of teeth; 3. Occlusion; 4. Sequence and timing of dental growth; 5. Dental enamel; 6. Dentine; 7. Dental cement; 8. Histological methods of age determination in adults; 9. Chemistry of dental tissues and calculus; 10. Tooth wear and modification; 11. Dental disease; Appendix A. Field and laboratory methods; Appendix B. Microscopy; Appendix C. Age estimation tables and charts for dental development; References; Index.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738291122519,"sku":"9781108433969","price":42.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781108433969.jpg?v=1723811894"},{"product_id":"cell-cell-junctions-second-edition-9781621821519","title":"Cell-Cell Junctions, Second Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48740661133655,"sku":"9781621821519","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"essential-current-concepts-in-stem-cell-biology-9783030339227","title":"Essential Current Concepts in Stem Cell Biology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis textbook describes the biology of different adult stem cell types and outlines the current level of knowledge in the field. 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Steeped in the paradigm of evolutionary theory, he inspires us to think more deeply about our connectedness with the natural world.  Charles Darwin would applaud Dr. Shubin’s clear explanations and insightful rendering of the incontrovertible evidence for the evolution of all life on planet Earth.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Donald Johanson, paleoanthropologist and discoverer of LUCY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A welcome new exploration of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth… Shubin explores it with his characteristic enthusiasm and clarity… A fascinating wild ride through the mechanics of evolution.’\u003c\/p\u003e -- Kirkus (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Neil Shubin has been one of my favourite science communicators ever since I took his undergraduate anatomy course. In this ambitious and readable book, Shubin blends his own research, epic tales from the history of science, and the latest discoveries in palaeontology and genetics to tackle some of the biggest mysteries of evolution. This is an engrossing account from a scientific storyteller at the height of his talents.' \u003c\/p\u003e -- Steve Brusatte, University of Edinburgh palaeontologist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Shubin’s … exhilarating excursion into the ways of evolution… Shubin isn’t the most prolific popular-science writer, but he is one of the best.’\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- Booklist (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Enjoyable…  Eloquent… This superb primer brings the intellectual excitement of the scientific endeavor to life in a way that both educates and entertains.’\u003c\/p\u003e * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Through tales of remarkable creatures, and some even more remarkable people who study them, Neil Shubin unravels the mystery at the heart of evolution — how nature invents.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFrom bacteria to brains, fish lungs to ballistic salamander tongues, Shubin decodes the surprising origins of the marvelous gadgets that have driven the riot of life’s diversity.'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sean B. 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80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.8 Aldehyde–Protein Reactions, 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.8.1 MDA-Protein Adducts, 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.8.2 4-Hydroxy-2,3-Nonenal-Protein Adducts, 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.9 Cross-Linking of Proteins, 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The Oxidation of Extracellular Matrix, Membrane and Cytoskeletal Proteins, 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.1 Collagen, 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2 Elastin, 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.3 The Oxidation of Membrane Proteins, 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.4 Band 3, 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.5 Actin, 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Mechanism and Factors Influencing the Formation of Protein Oxidation Products, 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.1 Redox Status, 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.2 Protein Turnover, 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.3 Metal-Catalyzed Oxidation (MCO), 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5.4 Heat Shock Proteins, 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Protein Aggregates: Formation and Specific Metabolic Effects, 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.1 Accumulation of Oxidized Proteins, 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6.2 Lipofuscin and Ceroid, 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Methods to Measure Protein Oxidation Products in Research Laboratories, 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.1 Determination of Methionine Sulfoxide Reduction and Methionine Oxidation, 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.2 Determination of Protein Glycation and Adducts, 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.3 Analysis of Isoaspartate Formation, 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.4 Measurement of Fragmentation, 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.5 Measurement of Tyrosine Oxidation, 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.6 Protein Carbonyl Measurement, 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.7 Radioactive Labeling Protocols for Proteolysis and Aggregation Measurements, 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.8 Standard Chromatographic Methods for the Measurement of Protein Modifi cations, 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.9 Liquid Chromatography Techniques Supported by Mass Spectrometry, 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.10 GC\/MS, 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.11 Analysis of Protein-Bound 3-Nitrotyrosine by a Competitive ELISA Method, 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7.12 Protein Oxidation Products as Biomarkers in Clinical Science, 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Removal of Oxidized Proteins 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Limited Repair of Some Oxidized Proteins, 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.1 Thiol Repair, 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.2 Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases, 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Proteolysis, 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 The Proteasomal System and Its Role in the Degradation of Oxidized Proteins, 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.1 The Ubiquitin–Proteasome System (UPS), 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.2 The Components of the UPS, 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.2.1 The 20S Proteasome, 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.2.2 The Inducible Forms of the Proteasome and Their Function, 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.2.3 The 11S Regulator, 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.2.4 The 19S Regulator and the UPS, 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.2.5 The PA200 Regulator Protein, 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.2.6 Cellular Proteasome Inhibitors, 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.3 Low-Molecular-Weight Proteasome Inhibitors, 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.4 Cellular Function of the UPS, 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.5 The Degradation of Oxidized Proteins: A Function of the 20S Proteasome, 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.5.1 Early Studies on the Turnover of Oxidized Proteins, 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.5.2 In Vitro Studies and the Recognition of Oxidized Proteins by the Proteasome, 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.5.3 Cellular and In Vivo Studies of the Degradation of Oxidized Proteins, 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1.5.4 The Inhibition of the Proteasome by Cross-Linked Oxidized Proteins and Proteasomal Regulation during Oxidative Stress, 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The Role of Other Proteases in the Fate of Oxidized Proteins, 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Lysosomal Degradation of Oxidized Proteins and the Role of Autophagy, 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 Mitochondrial Degradation of Oxidized Proteins and the Lon Protease, 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 The Uptake of Extracellular Oxidized Proteins and the Role of the Proteasome in Their Degradation, 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.4 Calpains and the Degradation of Oxidized Proteins, 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Protein Degradation, 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Conclusion, 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Protein Oxidation and Aging: Different Model Systems and Affecting Factors 295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Protein Oxidation during Aging: Lower Organisms and Cellular Model Systems, 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1 Yeast, 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1.1 Saccharomyces cerevisiae, 297\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1.2 Schizosaccharomyces pombe, 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.2 Podospora anserina, 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.3 Bacteria, 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.3.1 Escherichia coli, 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.4 Cell Cultures, 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Nonmammalian Model Systems and the Accumulation of Oxidized Proteins during Aging, 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 Caenorhabditis elegans, 308\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 Drosophila melanogaster, 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 Aquatic Systems, 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4 Plants, 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.5 Amphibians, 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Age-Related Protein Oxidation in Humans and Mammals, 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1 Humans, 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2 Animals, 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2.1 Rabbits, 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2.2 Mice, 324\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2.3 Rats, 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2.4 Gerbils, 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2.5 Primates, 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Inherited Factors Influencing Protein Oxidation during Aging, 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.1 Genetic Instability, Mutations, and Polymorphism, 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.2 Gender, 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.3 Vitagenes, 334\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.4 Signal Transduction and Transcription Factors, 335\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4.5 Ion Channels, 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Age-Related Protein Aggregate Formation in Model Systems, 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Environmental Factors Affecting Healthy Aging, 342\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.1 UV-Induced Skin Photoaging and Skin Aging, 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.2 Pesticides, 348\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.3 Exercise, 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4 Dietary Factors and Prevention Strategies, 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.1 Melatonin, 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.2 Growth Hormone, 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.3 Biotrace Metal Elements: Zinc, 356\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.4 Ascorbic Acid, 357\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.5 Vitamin E, 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.6 Carnitine and Acetyl-L-Carnitine, 361\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.7 Homocysteine, 362\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.8 Ubiquinone, Coenzyme Q10, 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.9 Carnosine, 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.10 Lipoic Acid, 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4.11 N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine, 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.5 Pharmacological Response and Biotransformation in Aging, 365\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.5.1 Plant Extracts, 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.5.2 Polyphenols and Flavonoids, 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.5.3 Resveratrol, 367\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.5.4 AGE and ALE Inhibitors, 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.6 Caloric Restriction, 369\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Repair and Degradation of Oxidized Proteins during Aging, 370\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 372\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Protein Oxidation in Some Age-Related Diseases 417\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Protein Oxidation during Neurodegeneration and Neurological Diseases, 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.1 Brain Aging, 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.2 Alzheimer’s Disease, 420\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.3 Parkinson’s Disease, 424\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.4 Huntington’s Disease, 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.5 Stroke, 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1.6 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, 427\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Protein Oxidation in Cardiac Diseases, 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.1 Ischemia–Reperfusion, 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2.2 Atherosclerosis, 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Protein Oxidation in Diabetes, 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Protein Oxidation in Degenerative Arthritis, 434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Protein Oxidation in Muscle Wasting and Sarcopenia, 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Protein Oxidation in Destructive Eye Diseases, 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6.1 Age-Related Macular Degeneration, 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6.2 Cataract, 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Protein Oxidation in Osteoporosis, 440\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 Protein Oxidation in Cancer, 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8.1 Proteasome Inhibitors in Cancer Therapy, 444\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9 Other Diseases, 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9.1 Premature Aging Diseases Progeria and Werner’s Syndrome, 446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9.2 Renal Failure and Hemodialysis in Elderly People, 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9.3 Obesity, 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9.4 Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.9.5 Presbycusis (Age-Related Hear Loss), 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences, 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations 479\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 493\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402450903383,"sku":"9780470878286","price":135.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470878286.jpg?v=1730480434"},{"product_id":"reproductive-biology-of-invertebrates-progress-in-developmental-endocrinology-9780471494652","title":"Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates Progress 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C. ten Cate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Theoretical Debates - Nature\/Nurture and Beyond.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. A Critique of Konrad Lorenz's Theory of Instinctive Behaviour (excerpt). Daniel S. Lehrman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Heredity and Environment in Mammalian Behaviour. Donald O. Hebb.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Evolution and Modification of Behaviour (excerpt). Konrad Lorenz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Semantic and Conceptual Issues in the Nature-Nurture Problem. Daniel S. Lehrman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Empirical Paradigms: Development of Perceptual and Motor Mechanisms.\u003c\/b\u003e Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopment of Perceptual and Motor Mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Developing Brain. Carla J. Shatz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Development of Species Identification in Ducklings: VI Specific Embryonic Experience Required to Maintain Species-Typical Perception in Peking Ducklings. Gilbert Gottlieb.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Companion to the Bird's World (excerpt). Konrad Lorenz.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Development of Perceptual Mechanisms in Birds: Predispositions and Imprinting. Johan J. Bolhuis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Sensory Templates in Species Specific Behaviour. Peter Marler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Aspects of Learning in the Ontogeny of Bird Song: Where, From Whom, When, How Many, Which and How Accurately. Donald E. Kroodsma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Motor Patterns in Development (excerpt). John C. Fentress and Peter J. McLeod.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Empirical Paradigms: Development of Behavior Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Suckling isn't feeding, or is it? William G. Hall and Christina L. Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Ontogeny of Social Behaviour in Burmese Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus spadiceus) (excerpt). Jaap P. Kruijit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Social Deprivation in Monkeys. Harry F. Harlow and Margaret K. Harlow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Mother-Infant Separation and the Nature of Inter-Individual Relationships: Experiments with Rhesus Monkeys. Robert A. Hinde.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Structure and Development of Behaviour Systems. Jerry A. Hogan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403416346967,"sku":"9780631207085","price":61.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780631207085.jpg?v=1730483404"},{"product_id":"childhood-evolving-9780674062016","title":"Childhood Evolving","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat does this extended period of dependency have to do with human brain growth and social interactions? And why is play a sign of cognitive complexity, and a spur for cultural evolution? This title explores these questions, and topics ranging from bipedal walking to incest taboos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's been a long time coming but it was worth the wait. Mel Konner's wonderful new book shows that you simply must think about our biological past to understand our psychological present. \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e offers an extraordinary new foundation for all knowledge of human development. -- Michael Ruse, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eEvolution: The First Four Billion Years\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver since his pioneering studies of infancy among Kalahari hunter-gatherers, anthropologist and physician Mel Konner has illuminated anthropology with knowledge from ethnography,  sociobiology, neuroscience, and social psychology, in a search for a deep understanding of what it means to be human. This monumental book contains the best description of what play is all about that I have ever read, as well as the most comprehensive guide anywhere taking a reader through different phases of infancy, middle childhood, and adolescence. The book is the culmination of Konner's lifelong quest.  It will transform the way that human development is understood and taught. -- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, author of \u003ci\u003eMothers and Others: The Evolutionary Origins of Mutual Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis monumental book--more than 900 pages long, 30 years in the making, at once grand and intricate, breathtakingly inclusive and painstakingly particular--exhaustively explores the biological evolution of human behavior and specifically the behavior of children. Melvin Konner, an anthropologist and neuroscientist at Emory, weaves a compelling web of theories and studies across a remarkable array of disciplines, from experimental genetics to ethnology...To read this book is to be in the company of a helpful and hopeful teacher who is eager to share what he's found. -- Benjamin Schwarz * The Atlantic *\u003cbr\u003e[Konner] covers almost every topic imaginable in anthropology, biology, and psychology that involves child development. Moreover, since the book is on evolution, there's a lot about other animals, from the platypus to the great ape...If you want to know the latest scholarly information on child development, you can buy this book for $40 or get a new scholarly encyclopedia of child development for $1500. Odds are that this one will be more thought-provoking and better written--and probably almost as extensive. -- Mary Ann Hughes * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eWhy do we love watching [babies]? Perhaps because we recognize parts of ourselves in them but still find something mysterious about the behavior of those tiny human beings. \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, Melvin Konner's massive and massively researched new book, goes a long way in dispelling a lot of that mystery. Konner gives a detailed and expansive overview of what the fields of anthropology, evolutionary biology, psychology and genetics have taught us about human childhood. The book, in fairly accessible language, explains the evolutionary purpose of everything from babies' expressions (humans, apparently, are the only animal who can pull off the \"relaxed friendly smile\") to crying, early childhood outbursts and juvenile delinquency. -- Thomas Rogers * Salon *\u003cbr\u003eMagisterial. -- Rebecca Mead * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eAnthropologist-physician Melvin Konner's \u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterwork of scholarship. Even at over 900 pages, it should entice anyone keen for knowledge about human infancy, childhood, and adolescence and the evolution of these life stages...Konner marries biology and psychology, adds a firm grasp of our primate past, and guides our understanding of children's lives in various social contexts. -- Barbara King * Bookslut *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is not a weekend read...If you plan to read this book through, take a little each day and savor the delights it bestows. Well worth the read. -- D. Wayne Dworsky * San Francisco Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is undeniably a tour de force. Indeed, Konner is perhaps the only scholar who is as comfortable describing cultural change, or evolution in its broad quasi-philosophical outlines, as he is defining the complex biochemical and statistical correlates of behavior. One of his writerly charms is that he is ever seer and scientist. He marvels as he describes. He also renders the boundaries among disciplines porous. He scurries from one to another, insisting on their enmeshment, whether it be ethology, cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary or developmental psychology, endocrinology, or cultural anthropology. He draws on all these fields to address the story of our inordinately long, and, compared to those of other species, \"strangely-shaped\" childhoods, and to discover how our childhood evolved to make us what we are. -- Michele Pridmore-Brown * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eKonner places childhood firmly within an evolutionary framework in his magisterial book...Konner is an excellent tour guide to the sacred lands of childhood. He has produced a scholarly, detailed and beautifully written study...\u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e shows that the pleasures of life are linked to the evolutionary imperatives of reproduction and survival, and that we are starting to understand their underlying neural mechanisms. -- Morten Kringelbach * Nature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Evolution of Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most remarkable books I have read. Melvin Konner is a neuroscientist and anthropologist who shows how human childhood evolved over the last 200,000 years to make us what we are...Konner re-enchants child's play, for instance, by explaining its molecular and evolutionary backstory. That he is able to do this in a lively, accessible manner is no mean feat. Along the way, he makes a compelling case for how humans came to acquire complex culture. -- Michele Pridmore-Brown * Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e[Konner's] goal is...ambitious: to synthesize all the literature bearing on the evolutionary emergence of our species, and especially on the ways in which humans came to raise their children. The breadth of vision he displays is extraordinary. Konner summarizes a considerable body of research on human evolution, beginning with paleontological and archaeological work on the emergence of life-forms and continuing through evidence regarding the emergence of mammals, primates, hominids and early humans, until finally Homo sapiens enters the scene. The volume is a singular achievement, not least because it encompasses, and describes accessibly and eloquently, many fields of endeavor and scholarship, ranging from molecular biology and interpretation of the geological record, to the interpretation of bone fragments found in archaeological sites, to observational research on the behavior of contemporary humans in a wide variety of ecological niches. Furthermore, Konner does not limit himself to secondary sources, as many might do when attempting to place their own research in broader context. Instead, he lucidly discusses a vast range of primary sources. The book's 753 pages of text are accompanied by 159 pages of references. The goal may be extraordinarily ambitious, but the exercise must be deemed a remarkable success. Konner achieves a readable and persuasive synthesis more inclusive than anything ever before attempted. His account of human evolution, and especially of the evolution of childhood, is coherent and compelling...This magisterial book is assuredly the most important analysis of the evolution of childhood yet attempted. It summarizes 40 years of observation, analysis and synthesis by one of the most profound thinkers of our generation. Whoever follows intellectually will necessarily build on this magnificently eloquent and integrative edifice. -- Michael E. Lamb * American Scientist *","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403549909335,"sku":"9780674062016","price":32.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674062016.jpg?v=1730483798"},{"product_id":"brain-storm-9780674063518","title":"Brain Storm","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFemale and male brains are different, thanks to hormones coursing through the brain before birth. This title argues passionately that the analysis of gender differences deserves far more rigorous, biologically sophisticated science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI'm the ideal test reader for \u003ci\u003eBrain Storm\u003c\/i\u003e. I've always had reservations about the sweeping claims that there are fundamental differences in the organization of male and female brains, caused by prenatal hormones. But the sheer number of published studies that seemed to give incontrovertible evidence led me to assume that the theory was sound. This elegantly written and fascinating book has changed my mind. Jordan-Young's comprehensive analysis of the array of conflicting results and methodological weaknesses shows that we have closed the book on this topic far too soon. Her warning is one that all scientists can agree with: Careful! -- Lisa Diamond, author of \u003ci\u003eSexual Fluidity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis important and intellectually powerful book shows that a dominant paradigm in human sex differences is held together by chewing gum. By painstakingly examining a large and contradictory literature, Jordan-Young shows the weakness of the brain organization hypothesis.  She has so much respect for the scientific method that she can hope that reason and integrity will help create a better, more empirically sound theory of sex differences, and she reaches out to scientists to offer a glimpse of a new psychobiology. -- Anne Fausto-Sterling, author of \u003ci\u003eMyths of Gender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book of remarkable depth that sets a new standard for clear scientific thinking about complex behavioral traits, as well as for interdisciplinary scholarship. Rebecca Jordan-Young charts a fresh new course through the morass of questions about gender and sexuality with enviable humor, fairness, and intellectual power. -- Evan Balaban, McGill University\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrain Storm\u003c\/i\u003e poses the most comprehensive challenge yet to the claim that prenatal hormone exposure permanently structures the brain to be either masculine or feminine, and does so in a highly engaging, fair-minded narrative that is a delight to read. -- Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams, Cornell University\u003cbr\u003eJordan-Young has written a stunning book that demolishes most of the science associated with the dominant paradigm of the development of sex and gender identity, behavior, and orientation. The current paradigm, brain organization theory, proposes: \"Because of early exposure to different sex hormones, males and females have different brains\"; and these hormones also create \"gay\" and \"straight\" brains. Jordan-Young interviewed virtually every major researcher in the field and reviewed hundreds of published scientific papers. Her conclusion: \"Brain organization theory is little more than an elaboration of longstanding folk tales about antagonistic male and female essences and how they connect to antagonistic male and female natures.\" She explains, in exquisite detail, the flaws in the underlying science, from experimental designs that make no statistical sense to \"conceptually sloppy\" definitions of male and female sexuality, contradictory results, and the social construction of normality. Her conclusion that the patterns we see are far more complicated than previously believed and due to a wider range of variables will shake up the research community and alter public perception. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *\u003cbr\u003eA carefully researched volume that exposes the problems with the widely accepted idea that gender differences are created by certain hormones in the womb. -- Alex Spanko * Boston Globe *\u003cbr\u003eWhat Jordan-Young's analysis uncovered is by turns fascinating and appalling...This book is not only a tonic, it's also full of scientific insights presented in plain, intelligent prose--an absorbing read, if you've ever wondered what was going on in the secret parts of your attic. -- Sara Lippincott * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eIt was with appreciation verging on glee that I read Barnard professor Rebecca Jordan-Young's devastatingly smart and definitive critique: \u003ci\u003eBrain Storm: The Flaws in the Science of Sex Differences\u003c\/i\u003e. Jordan-Young argues that the science of prenatal hormones, gender, and the mind \"better resembles a hodgepodge pile than a solid structure.\" And she knows of what she speaks. An expert on measures and study designs, Jordan-Young has spent the last 13 years combing the literature on brain organization, unpacking assumptions, questioning methods and statistical practices, holding one paper up against another. She stresses that fetal hormones must matter to the brain--somehow. But after picking apart more than 400 studies that try to understand the genesis of particular psychological sex differences (real or supposed), she concludes that fetal T looks like an awfully anemic explanation...After decades of determined research, if robust links between prenatal hormones and \"male\" or \"female\" minds really exist, shouldn't we see those links across lots of different kinds of studies? This matters because the obsession with prenatal T can easily become a distraction. It can make us forget how much gender norms have changed--think of all those female accountants, lawyers, and doctors who weren't around 50 or even 30 years ago--and how remarkably similar men's and women's brains and minds actually are. All this unwarranted hammering away at difference (and its putative explanations) causes real trouble, too. As a growing body of research shows, cues that foreground gender and bring stereotypes to mind can dampen men's performance on tests of social sensitivity, women's scores on math tests, and women's stated interest in quantitative pursuits. Jordan-Young has done an enormous amount of work to untangle the gender claims. We ought to read her, cite her, thank her. And then, let's move on. -- Amanda Schaffer * Slate *\u003cbr\u003eJordan-Young ferret[s] out exaggerated, unreplicated claims and other silliness regarding research on sex differences. The book [is] strongest in exposing research conclusions that are closer to fiction than science. -- Diane F. Halpern * Science *\u003cbr\u003eExhaustively analyses every relevant study on hormonal sex differentiation of the human brain, and argues that they are riddled with weaknesses, inconsistencies and ambiguity. It's a clarion call for better science on the subject. -- Madeleine Bunting * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIn her exhaustive survey of the literature, Jordan-Young discovers a hodge-podge of tiny samples, inadequate controls, conflicting data and extravagant conclusions...By meticulously revealing the flawed research behind brain organization theory, she opens the way to a non-hierarchical study of sex difference that will be both more fruitful for science and less damaging for society. -- Hilary Rose and Steven Rose * London Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eJordan-Young's detailed and exhaustive critique of brain organization research is quite welcome. -- Vernon Rosario * Gay and Lesbian Review *","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403550695767,"sku":"9780674063518","price":24.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674063518.jpg?v=1730483802"},{"product_id":"population-and-community-ecology-of-ontogenetic-development-9780691137575","title":"Population and Community Ecology of Ontogenetic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers an individual-based theory of the effects of the plastic ontogenetic development on the dynamics of populations and communities. This title shows how the effects of ontogenetic development on ecological dynamics critically depend on the efficiency with which differently sized individuals convert food into biomass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[T]horough and in-depth analysis of a stage-structured model... The results ... have important implications for anyone doing empirical work on juvenile-adult systems. And the authors make a compelling case that population models should explore juvenile-adult structure because it can result in qualitatively different outcomes.\"--Chad E. Brassil, Quarterly Review of Biology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface ix  Part I - SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION  1. 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Biomass Overcompensation 49  * A Stage-Structured, Bioenergetics Model 50 * Equal Ingestion Rates 64 * Unequal Ingestion Rates 69 * Empirical Evidence 86 * Asymmetry and Life History Effects 90 * More Complicated Life Histories 93 * Ontogenetic Symmetry and Biomass Overcompensation 107   4. Emergent Allee Effects through Biomass Overcompensation 115  * Emergent Allee Effects in Stage-Structured Biomass Models 116 * Emergent Allee Effects in the Kooijman-Metz Model 136 * Size-Structured Predators Foraging on Size-Structured Prey 145 * Empirical Evidence for Emergent Allee Effects 159   5. Emergent Facilitation among Predators on Size-Structured Prey 165  * Generalists Facilitating Specialist Predators 169 * Facilitation between Specialist Predators 175 * Multiple Predators and a Single Prey 186 * Experimental Evidence 188    6. 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Dynamics of Consumer-Resource Systems with Discrete Reproduction: Multiple Resources and Confronting Model Predictions with Empirical Data 361  * Overall Model Characteristics 362 * Derivation of Individual-Level Model 363 * The Model at the Population Level 369 * Critical Resource Density and Cohort Dynamics 373 * Multiple Resources and Ontogenetic Niche Shifts 378 * Model Predictions and Empirical Data 384     11. Cannibalism in Size-Structured Systems 391 * Background Overview 392 * A Discrete-Continuous Model for Cannibalism 396 * Effects of Harvesting Cannibalistic Populations 412 * Giant Individuals: Theory and Observation 416    Part IV - EXTENSIONS AND PERSPECTIVES  12. Demand-Driven Systems, Model Hierarchies, and Ontogenetic Asymmetry 425  * Demand-Driven Systems 426 * Unicellular Organisms 437 * Model Hierarchies, Model Simplifications, and Model Testing 439 * Development versus Reproduction Control: Ontogenetic Asymmetry 448    Technical Appendices  *1 Basic Size-Structured Population Model 451 *2 Derivation of the Yodzis and Innes Model 454 *3 Derivation of the Stage-Structured Biomass Model 456\u0026lt; *4 Equilibrium Computations for Physiologically Structured Models 462 * 5 Computing Parameter Bounds to Overcompensation in the Stage-Structured Bioenergetics Model 472 *6 Ontogenetic Symmetry and Asymmetry in Energetics 475 *7 Mechanisms Leading to Biomass Overcompensation 483 *8 Discrete-Continuous Consumer-Resource Models 491 *9 A Demand-Driven Energy Budget Model 496   References 505  Index 525","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403761852759,"sku":"9780691137575","price":63.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691137575.jpg?v=1730484464"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/collections\/developmental-biology.oembed?page=6","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}