1.

Record Nr.

UNIBAS000023798

Autore

Fremantle, Anne

Titolo

Three-cornered heart / Anne Fremantle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : <<The>> Viking Press, 1971

ISBN

0-670-70696-5

Descrizione fisica

316 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Disciplina

813.52

Soggetti

Jackson Annabel

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910966110403321

Autore

Baier Annette

Titolo

Reflections on how we live / / Annette C. Baier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0191573310

9780191573316

0-19-180984-5

9786612383335

0-19-957036-1

0-19-157331-0

1-282-38333-7

Descrizione fisica

ix, 275 p

Disciplina

170

Soggetti

Ethics

Conduct of life

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1. The Rights of Past and Future Persons -- 2. For the Sake of Future Generations -- 3. Discriminate Death-Dealing: Who May Kill Whom, and How? -- 4. Can Philosophers Be Patriots? -- 5. Why Honesty Is a Hard Virtue Postscript -- Postscript -- 6. Getting in Touch With Our Own Feelings -- 7. How to Get to Know One's Own Mind: Some Simple Ways -- 8. The Moral Perils of Intimacy -- 9. Feelings That Matter -- 10. Demoralization, Trust, and the Virtues -- 11. Sympathy and Self-Trust -- 12. Putting Hope in its Place -- 13. How to Lose Friends: Some Simple Ways -- 14. Alienating Affection -- 15. Faces, and Other Body Parts -- 16. Other Minds: Jottings Towards an Intellectual Self-Image -- Acknowledgments -- Name Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

Sommario/riassunto

The pioneering moral philosopher Annette Baier presents a series of new and recent essays in ethics, broadly conceived to include both engagements with other philosophers and personal meditations on life. Baier's unique voice and insight illuminate topics ranging from patriotism and future generations to honesty, trust, hope, and friendship.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953892003321

Titolo

Genetics, genomics and breeding of maize / / editors, Ramakrishna Wusirika, Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA ; Martin Bohn, Crop Science Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL USA ; J

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-429-07570-7

1-4822-2813-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Collana

Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Crop Plants

Disciplina

633.1/5233

633.15233

Soggetti

Corn - Genetics

Corn - Genome mapping

Corn - Breeding

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preface to the Series; Dedication; Preface to the Volume; Contents; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Basic Information; Chapter 2 - Breeding and Genetic Diversity; Chapter 3 - Genomic Distribution of Genetic Diversity in Elite Maize Germplasm; Chapter 4 - Genetic Inference on Quantitative Traits Through Linkage and Association Studies; Chapter 5 - Molecular Marker-Assisted Breeding for Tropical Maize Improvement; Chapter 6 - Comparative Genomics; Chapter 7 - Functional Genomics; Chapter 8 - Epigenomics

Chapter 9 - Proteomic Research Progress in Maize Development, Stress Response and HeterosisChapter 10 - Artificial Chromosome Platforms in Maize; Chapter 11 - Databases; Chapter 12 - Non-Traditional Uses of Maize: Biofuels, Remediation and Pharmaceuticals; Chapter 13 - Future Maize Hybrid Development: Breeding with Assistance of Molecular and Genomics Technologies and Transgenics; Color Plate Section; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Sequencing of the maize genome has opened up new opportunities



in maize breeding, genetics and genomics research. This book highlights modern trends in development of hybrids, analysis of genetic diversity, molecular breeding, comparative and functional genomics, epigenomicsand proteomics in maize. The use of maize in biofuels, phytoremediation and pharmaceuticals is also highlighted. Current research trends, future research directions and challenges are discussed by a panel of experts from all over the world.</P>