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Secret Genes

Are we our genes: A DNA-Thriller

by Geert H. Blijham

How much of a person's behavior is fixed in his genes? That is the question that DNA researcher Richard, data specialist Julia and behavioral scientist Chan want to answer. In Secret Genes, Geert H. Blijham outlines the ethical dilemmas that the main characters face. The novel is set in a wildlife park in South Africa, interspersed with scenes in the United States and China. In the dramatic showdown of the story, the role of the Chinese secret service becomes increasingly clear. Will Julia and Richard find the answer, will the data fall into the wrong hands? Blijham describes the search for the secret genes with expert knowledge and provides the reader with an insight into medical-genetic research. A story full of wisdom, love and excitement. With this DNA thriller, Geert H. Blijham makes his debut as a novelist.

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Literature & Literary Studies

July 2005

Irvine Welsh

by Aaron Kelly, Daniel Lea

Irvine Welsh's fiction has defined an era, and this first full-length study provides a sustained textual and contextual analysis of all his work, from 'Trainspotting' and 'The Acid House' to 'Glue' and 'Porno'. A detailed chronological survey also considers the appropriateness of cultural, postmodern and postcolonial theories to Welsh's incendiary fiction. Kelly gives a fascinating insight into the writer's formal and political ambitions, placing him in the context of the 'brat pack' which exploded onto the Scottish literary scene in the 1990s. He explores the social, class and political conditioning of Welsh's early life, and its impact on his motivations for writing. Clearly written and accessible, this will be a key resource for students and academics alike. Choose 'Irvine Welsh'! ;

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Biotechnology

April 1997

Gene-for-Gene Relationship in Plant-Parasite Interactions

by Edited by Ian R Crute, Eric B Holub, Jeremy J Burdon

Genetics has transformed plant pathology on two occasions: first when Mendelian genetics enabled the discovery that disease resistance was a heritable trait in plants, and secondly when Flor proposed the “gene-for-gene” hypothesis to explain his observations of plant-parasite interactions, based on his work on flax rust in North Dakota starting in the 1930s. Our knowledge of the genetics of disease resistance and host-pathogen coevolution is now entering a new phase as a result of the cloning of the first resistance genes. This book provides a broad review of recent developments in this important and expanding subject. Both agricultural and natural host-pathogen situations are addressed. While most of the book focuses on plant pathology, in the usual sense of the term embracing fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens, there is also consideration of parasitic plants and a chapter demonstrating lessons to be learnt from the mammalian immune system. Three overall themes are addressed: genetic analyses and utilization of resistance; population genetics; and cell biology and molecular genetics. Chapters are based on papers presented at the British Society for Plant Pathology Presidential meeting held in December 1995, but all have been revised and updated to mid-1996. Written by leading authorities from North America, Europe and Australia, the book represents an essential update for workers in plant genetics, breeding, biotechnology and pathology.

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Science & Mathematics

May 2017

Plant Gene Silencing

Mechanisms and Applications

by Tamas Dalmay

Plant gene silencing is a crucially important phenomenon in gene expression and epigenetics. This book describes the way small RNA is produced and acts to silence genes, its likely origins in defence against viruses, and also its potential to improve plants. Plant gene silencing can be used to improve industrial traits, make plants more nutritious or more valuable to consumers, to remove allergens, and to improve resistance to weeds and pathogens ; Chapter 1: Diversity of RNA silencing pathways in plantsChapter 2: Induction and suppression of silencing by plant virusesChapter 3: Artificial induction and maintenance of epigenetic variations in plantsChapter 4: Gene Silencing in Archaeplastida AlgaeChapter 5: Gene silencing in fungi: A diversity of pathways and functionsChapter 6: Artificial small RNA-based strategies for effective and specific gene silencing in plantsChapter 7: Application of RNA silencing in improving plant traits for industrial useChapter 8: Increasing nutritional value by RNA silencingChapter 9: RNA-based control of plant diseases: a case study with Fusarium graminearumChapter 10: Targeting nematode genes by RNA silencingChapter 11: Gene silencing provides efficient protection against viruses

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April 2000

Organisms, Genes and Evolution

Evolutionary Theory at the Crossroads. Proceedings of the 7th International Senckenberg Conference

by Herausgegeben von Peters, Dieter Stefan; Herausgegeben von Weingarten, Michael

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Science & Mathematics

November 2021

Gene Flow

Monitoring, Modeling and Mitigation

by Wei Wei, Neal Stewart

Gene flow is a natural process that occurs spontaneously and enables the evolution of life. However, with the release of genetically modified organisms, concerns have focused on introduced foreign transgenes and their dispersal in nature through gene flow. This book examines gene flow of transgenes, such as herbicide resistance genes, with the goal of understanding the factors that may affect the process of gene flow. A greater biological understanding is essential to make sound management regulatory decisions when also taking into consideration the processes that happen in conventional plants. Monitoring, modelling, and mitigation are the three most closely related elements of gene flow. The book includes both scientific reviews and perspectives on gene flow and experimental case studies, including studies of gene flow in soybean and poplar. The authors present diverse views and research methodologies to understand transgene flow. This book: Focuses on applications of gene flow (monitoring, modelling, and mitigation); Includes both review chapters and case studies; Is written by international team of scientists currently working in gene flow. This book will be valuable for students and researchers in genetics, biotechnology, plant science, and environmental science. It also provides key insights of value to regulators of biotechnology as well as policy-makers.

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November 2024

Genetic Engineering of Vegetable Crops

by Pritam Kalia, Donata Arena, Suresh H. Antre, Rehna Augustine, S. Backiyarani, Nikita Balyan, Rafal Baranski, Satyaprakash Barik, D. R. Bhardwaj, Vinay Bhardwaj, S.K. Chakrabarti, Supriya Chakraborty, Branca Ferdinando, Megha Ganachari, P.H. Ramanjini Gowda, Rasmieh Hamid, Vageeshbabu S. Hanura, Feba Jacob, A. Jeevalatha, Anjala K, Varsha K, S. Kalpana, Ashish Kaushal, Magdalena Klimek-Chodacka, Manoj Kumar, Polumetla Ananda Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Aneta Lukasiewicz, DC Lakshamanareddy, T Makeshkumar, M. Malavika, Manisha Mangal, Deepu Mathew, Pallavi Mishra, Upsana Mohapatra, N. Nagesha, T.M. Ningaraju, Saurabh Pandey, Naresh Ponnam, K N Poornima, Roshini Pydi, Manoj Prasad, K. V. Ravishankar, K. Madhavi Reddy, A. T. Sadashiva, Vidya Sagar, Koushik Saha, B.G. Sangeetha, Sanjay Sathian, K.M Senthilkumar, Sanjeev Sharma, M.N. Sheela, H.K. Shreyas, B.P. Singh, Arpita Srivastav, S Sundaresha, KRM Swamy, Kamil Szymonik, Brindha T. M, Arun TS, Jagesh K. Tiwari, Shailesh K Tiwari, Simone Trecc

Conventional plant breeding alone can no longer sustain the rising global demand for food. Genetic engineering technology makes it possible to develop new crop varieties with improved yield performance, specific quality attributes (external and internal in vegetable crops), resistance to diseases and insect pests, and environmental stresses. Genetic engineering technology for developing GM crops is complementary to genome editing and other breeding technologies. In addition to food requirements, transgenic crops have the possibility to carry edible vaccines and therapeutic proteins, to help combat human disease and malnutrition. This book reviews the importance and safety of transgenic vegetable crops and covers a wide variety of crops and different technologies. It includes: Genetic engineering in tomato, eggplant, peppers, amaranth, cauliflower, carrot, cucurbits, potato, tropical tubers and melons. Transgenic resistance to viral diseases. Embryogenic cell suspension culture. Genome editing and CRISPR/Cas9. Molecular techniques for biofortification. RNAi strategies for vegetable crop improvement. Designing futuristic vegetable crop varieties. This book is suitable for researchers in horticulture, plant science, and agricultural biotechnology as well as practitioners in vegetable breeding and seed production.

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1988

Giovanni und Lusanna

Die Geschichte einer Liebe im Florenz der Renaissance. (Kulturen und Ideen)

by Brucker, Gene

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1990

Florenz in der Renaissance

Stadt, Gesellschaft, Kultur. (Kulturen und Ideen)

by Brucker, Gene

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Biotechnology

March 1999

Inducible Gene Expression in Plants

by Edited by Paul H S Reynolds

The use of inducible gene expression systems is a rapidly developing area of plant molecular biological research. There is considerable interest in the use of these systems as research tools, not only because they allow expression of genes which may be, for example, developmentally lethal, but also because they allow for controlled experiments to be performed in a true isogenic background. They also have the potential to provide a means by which desired characters are expressed in field-based systems in the future.

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April 2003

Gerechtigkeit als Fairneß

Ein Neuentwurf

by John Rawls, Erin Kelly, Joachim Schulte, Erin Kelly, John Rawls

Politische Gerechtigkeit muß fair sein. Dies war die Kernaussage von John Rawls' Versuch einer Erneuerung der Theorie vom Gesellschaftsvertrag aus dem Jahre 1971. Binnen weniger Monate avancierte sein Werk zu den meistdiskutierten moral- und staatsphilosophischen Programmen der neueren Zeit. Rawls' Gerechtigkeitspostulate und der Aspekt ihrer Durchführbarkeit in bezug auf Institutionen wie auch die Ansprüche an den einzelnen sind als Entwurf einer Gesellschaft, in der das Rechte zugleich als das Gute anerkannt wird, noch immer in der Diskussion.32 Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung seines fulminanten vertragsrechtlichen Gedankenexperiments, Eine Theorie der Gerechtigkeit, erscheint nun der Neuentwurf, in dem Rawls auf Einwände und Fragen seiner Kritiker reagiert. Er wendet sich darin vor allem dem Begriff der »Justice as Fairness« zu und präsentiert ihn anstelle einer weit ausgreifenden moralischen Doktrin »als eine politische Konzeption der Gerechtigkeit«. Diese Umorientierung macht die Vorführung der Ausgangsideen in veränderter Bedeutung und Signifikanz ebenso nötig wie die Integration vollkommen neuer Aspekte. Rawls' Ziel: die realistischere Vorgabe eines gut geordneten Gemeinwesens.

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September 2024

Bright Falls 3. Iris Kelly doesn't date

by Ashley Herring Blake, Moon Notes, Franca Fritz, Heinrich Koop

Mit schönem Farbschnitt in der Erstauflage – Lieferung je nach Verfügbarkeit Fake Dating vom Feinsten – humorvoll und prickelnd! Um Iris Kelly herum sind alle verliebt. Und sie freut sich für jeden von ihnen. Wirklich. Schließlich hat sie ja eine Karriere als Romance-Autorin gemacht. Leider sind ihr dabei die Ideen fürs Dating ausgegangen. Ein Abend in einer Bar mit einer sexy Fremden namens Stevie entwickelt sich zum schlimmsten One-Night-Stand, den Iris je hatte. Um sich abzulenken, bewirbt sie sich bei einer Theatergruppe - und trifft dort Stevie wieder. Diese bittet Iris, ihre Freundin zu spielen. Iris willigt skeptisch ein. Während die beiden so tun, als seien sie ein Paar, fängt es zwischen ihnen gewaltig zu knistern an. Und bald geht es nur noch darum, wer den ersten Schritt macht... Die prickelnde RomCom lässt die Herzen von New-Adult-Fans ab 16 Jahren höher schlagen. Der dritte Band der „Bright Falls“-Reihe von Ashley Herring Blake erzählt eine witzige und gefühlvolle LGBTQIA+-Story mit dem beliebten Trope „Fake Dating“. Eine smarte und humorvolle Romance über die Liebe zwischen zwei Frauen, die Leser*innen begeistern wird. Iris Kelly doesn't date: Band 3 der erfolgreichen Reihe „Bright Falls“ Gefühle, Liebe und LGBTQIA+: Eine prickelnde Romantic Comedy für Leser*innen ab 16 Jahren. Voll im Trend: Humorvolle Gay Romance mit dem beliebten Trope „Fake Dating“. Witzig und gefühlvoll: Eine New-Adult-Romance über die Wendungen des Lebens und die Magie der Liebe. Die TikTok-Sensation: Band 3 der „Bright Falls“-Reihe von der amerikanischen Bestsellerautorin Ashley Herring Blake, die einen TikTok-Hype ausgelöst hat. Genial ausgestattet in der Erstauflage: Softcover mit Klappen, trendig illustriertem Buchschnitt und coolem Lesezeichen zum Abtrennen. Die Romance für junge Frauen erzählt eine witzige und gefühlvolle LGBTQIA+-Geschichte über Iris Kelly und ihren desaströsen One-Night-Stand. Eine spicy RomCom für alle Fans von Alice Oseman und Casey McQuiston, die beweist, dass die Liebe oft dort zu finden ist, wo man sie am wenigsten erwartet.

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November 2019

Redwood Dreams – Es beginnt mit einem Lächeln

by Kelly Moran

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August 2021

Das Avery Shaw Experiment

by Kelly Oram

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February 2022

Das Libby Garrett Projekt

by Kelly Oram

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August 2022

If we were a movie

by Kelly Oram

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March 2022

Ein Sommer nur für mich

Roman

by Kelly Harms

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November 2022

Tausche neues Leben gegen altes

Oder warum ist das Gras auf der anderen Seite immer grüner?

by Kelly Harms

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February 2018

Calpurnias Tierstation- Ein neues Lämmchen

Bd. 1

by Kelly, Jacqueline/ Prischedko, Alexandra

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July 2018

Calpurnias Tierstation- Ein Zuhause für das Stinktier

by Kelly, Jacqueline/ Prischedko, Alexandra

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Are we our genes: A DNA-Thriller

by Geert H. Blijham

by Aaron Kelly, Daniel Lea

by Edited by Ian R Crute, Eric B Holub, Jeremy J Burdon

Mechanisms and Applications

by Tamas Dalmay

Evolutionary Theory at the Crossroads. Proceedings of the 7th International Senckenberg Conference

by Herausgegeben von Peters, Dieter Stefan; Herausgegeben von Weingarten, Michael

Monitoring, Modeling and Mitigation

by Wei Wei, Neal Stewart

Die Geschichte einer Liebe im Florenz der Renaissance. (Kulturen und Ideen)

by Brucker, Gene

Stadt, Gesellschaft, Kultur. (Kulturen und Ideen)

by Brucker, Gene

by Edited by Paul H S Reynolds

Ein Neuentwurf

by John Rawls, Erin Kelly, Joachim Schulte, Erin Kelly, John Rawls

by Ashley Herring Blake, Moon Notes, Franca Fritz, Heinrich Koop

by Kelly Moran

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Roman

by Kelly Harms

Oder warum ist das Gras auf der anderen Seite immer grüner?

by Kelly Harms

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by Kelly, Jacqueline/ Prischedko, Alexandra

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