LEADER 04466nam 22006255 450 001 9910299424003321 005 20220218154822.0 010 $a1-61091-499-6 010 $a1-61091-500-3 024 7 $a10.5822/978-1-61091-500-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000387229 035 $a(EBL)3567582 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001520644 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12648315 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001520644 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11526395 035 $a(PQKB)10255335 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001534971 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11835563 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001534971 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11497224 035 $a(PQKB)11193691 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-61091-500-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4509451 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3567582 035 $a(PPN)187685940 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000387229 100 $a20150706d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUnnatural Selection $eHow We Are Changing Life, Gene by Gene /$fby Emily Monosson 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cIsland Press/Center for Resource Economics :$cImprint: Island Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (202 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a1-59726-645-0 311 0 $a1-61091-498-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION: Life-Changing Chemicals; PART I: Unnatural Selection in a Natural World; CHAPTER 1: Discovery: Antibiotics and the Rise of the Superbug; Discovery; Target Practice; Penicillin; Resistance!; Unveiling the Machinations of Evolution; The Bigger Picture; CHAPTER 2: Prevention: Searching for a Universal Vaccine; Flu in View; Evolving Rapidly; In Our Defense; Vaccination Nation; One Vaccine to Rule Them All; CHAPTER 3: Treatment: Beyond Chemotherapy; The Seeds of Cancer; Mortal Combat; Resistance Rising; Bad Blood 327 $aTaking the Evolutionary RoadCHAPTER 4: Defiance: Rounding Up Resistance; A Weed by Any Other Name; The Herbicide Roundup; Evolution Not; There Must Be Some Way Out of Here . . .; CHAPTER 5: Resurgence: Bedbugs Bite Back; Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite; "A Miraculous Insecticide"; Return of the Bedbug; Biting Back?; PART I I: Natural Selection in an Unnatural World; CHAPTER 6: Release: Toxics in the Wild; Industrial Evolution; Bringing Better Things to Life?; Millions of Miles to Travel; The Cost of Survival?; The Selfish Trait?; Survivor: Planet Earth! 327 $aCHAPTER 7: Evolution: It's Humanly PossibleSubjects of Evolution?; Not So Fast; In a Blink; Why Not Let Nature Take Her Course?; PART I I I: Beyond Selection; CHAPTER 8: Epigenetics: Epilogue or Prologue?; Epigenetic Generation; Life under the (Environmental) Influence?; Sperm Tales; A Revolution in Evolution, or Just Another Day in the Life of DNA?; Notes; Index 330 $aGonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might not like the result. Monosson reveals that the very code of life is more fluid than once imagined. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure on to evolve or die, beneficial traits can sweep rapidly through a population. Species with explosive population growth?the bugs, bacteria, and weeds?tend to thrive, while bigger, slower-to-reproduce creatures, like ourselves, are more likely to succumb. Unnatural Selection is eye-opening and more than a little disquieting. But it also suggests how we might lessen our impact: manage pests without creating super bugs; protect individuals from disease without inviting epidemics; and benefit from technology without threatening the health of our children. 606 $aAdaptation (Biology) 606 $aEnvironment, general$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/U00009 615 0$aAdaptation (Biology) 615 14$aEnvironment, general. 676 $a333.7 700 $aMonosson$b Emily$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0959939 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299424003321 996 $aUnnatural Selection$92502443 997 $aUNINA