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March 01, 2013
Editor(s):
Ashish Kumar Srivastava; Amar Nath Rai; Brett A Neilan
A significant component of many different ecosystems, cyanobacteria occupy almost every niche of the earth, including fresh and salt waters, rice fields, hot springs, arid deserts, and polar regions. Cyanobacteria, along with algae, produce nearly half the global oxygen, making assessment of their 
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February 22, 2013
Editor(s):
César López-Camarillo; Laurence A. Marchat
MicroRNA (miRNA) biology is a cutting-edge topic in basic as well as biomedical research. This is a specialized book focusing on the current understanding of the role of miRNAs in the development, progression, invasion and metastasis of diverse types of cancer. It also reviews their potential for 
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February 20, 2013
Author(s):
Stéphane Bouchonnet
Although GC-MS (gas chromatography–mass spectrometry) finds applications in fields as diverse as the food processing industry, medicine, pharmacology, and environmental analysis, the few works that are dedicated to this use of mass spectrometry are generally highly complex and theoretical. 
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February 19, 2013
Author(s):
Rui Diogo; Josep M. Potau; Juan F. Pastor
Chimpanzees, including common chimpanzees and bonobos, are our closest living relatives. This book, which is the first photographic and descriptive musculoskeletal atlas of the genus Pan, adopts the same format as the photographic atlases of Gorilla and Hylobates previously published by the same 
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January 28, 2013
Editor(s):
Loredana De Bartolo; Augustinus Bader
Focused on stem cell applications, this book bridges the fields of biomaterials, offering new insights into constructing and regenerating tissues and organs. Its unique feature is linking diseases of the human body to current thinking on how to deal with them in the context of current concepts and 
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January 23, 2013
Editor(s):
Byoung-Cheorl Kang; Chittaranjan Kole
Peppers and eggplants are two leading vegetable crops produced and consumed worldwide. To facilitate the breeding for agronomical traits such as disease resistance and quality, diverse molecular genetic studies have been carried out. Recent achievements on pepper genome sequencing and trait-linked 
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January 22, 2013
Editor(s):
David R. Senn; Richard A. Weems
Advances in forensic odontology have led to improvements in dental identification for individual cases as well as in disaster victim identification (DVI). New and updated technologies mean advances in bitemark analysis and age estimation. Growth in the field has strengthened missing persons’ 
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January 22, 2013
Editor(s):
Srinivasan Madhusudan; David M. Wilson III
DNA repair is a rapidly advancing field in biology. DNA repair systems represent a major defense mechanism against environmental and intracellular damaging agents, such as sunlight, ionizing radiation, and reactive oxygen species. With contributions from eminent researchers, this book explores the 
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January 17, 2013
Editor(s):
Barbara E. Liedl; Joanne A. Labate; John R. Stommel; Ann Slade; Chittaranjan Kole
This volume covers the advances in the study of tomato diversity and taxonomy. It examines the mapping of simple and complex traits, classical genetics and breeding, association studies, molecular breeding, positional cloning, and structural and comparative genomics. The contributors also discuss 
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January 16, 2013
Author(s):
Howard Resh
Hydroponics as a hobby can provide enjoyment, stress relief, and the gratification of creating your own fresh, pesticide-free garden. The increased interest in hobby hydroponics over the last 30 years has created market demand and, therefore, widespread availability of small-scale hydroponic units. 
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