03621nam 2200697 a 450 991014466570332120240516065117.09786613694539978128078414912807841489780470720837047072083297804707185370470718536(CKB)1000000000688040(EBL)703922(OCoLC)797918514(SSID)ssj0000715333(PQKBManifestationID)11433891(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000715333(PQKBWorkID)10703092(PQKB)10212907(MiAaPQ)EBC703922(Au-PeEL)EBL703922(CaPaEBR)ebr10575550(CaONFJC)MIL369453(Perlego)2772671(EXLCZ)99100000000068804019831209d1984 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOrigins and development of adaptation1st ed.London Pitman ;Newark, N.J. Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division19841 online resource (284 p.)Ciba Foundation symposium ;102"Symposium on Origins and Development of Adaptation held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 12-14 April 1983"--P. v.9780470664209 0470664207 9780272797495 0272797499 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Origins and development of adaptation; Contents; Chairman's introduction; Adaptation of plants to soils containing toxic metals-a test for conceit; Discussion; Adaptation of plants to mineral stress in problem soils; Discussion; Plant-plant interactions; Discussion; Adaptation of plants to atmospheric pollutants; Discussion; Evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds; Discussion; GENERAL DISCUSSION Relative fitness and the stability of resistance; Phytoalexins and disease-resistance mechanisms from a perspective of evolution and adaptation; DiscussionInsect-plant interactions: endocrine defencesDiscussion; Insect-plant adaptations; Discussion; Adaptation of insects to insecticides; Discussion; Biochemical mechanisms of resistance to insecticides; Discussion; Adaptation of fungi to fungitoxic compounds; Discussion; Bacterial resistance to antibiotics; Discussion; Evolutionary relationships among genes for antibiotic resistance; Discussion; Accessory DNAs in the bacterial gene pool: playground for coevolution; Discussion; FINAL GENERAL DISCUSSION; Chairman's closing remarks; Index to contributors; Subject indexThe Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world. Ciba Foundation symposium ;102.Adaptation (Biology)CongressesAdaptation (Biology)575Ciba Foundation.Symposium on Origins and Development of Adaptation(1983 :London, England)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910144665703321Origins and development of adaptation2117306UNINA