Origins and development of adaptation

• Pubblicazione: London, : Pitman; Newark, N.J., : Distributed in North America by CIBA Pharmaceutical Co., Medical Education Division, 1984
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 575
• Soggetto topico: Adaptation (Biology)
• Note generali: "Symposium on Origins and Development of Adaptation held at the Ciba Foundation, London, 12-14 April 1983"--P. v.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Discussion ; Insect-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 index
• Sommario/riassunto: The 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Origins and development of adaptation
• ISBN: 9786613694539; 9781280784149; 1280784148; 9780470720837; 0470720832; 9780470718537; 0470718536
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910144665703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; 102.