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Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) represent the most common form of genetic variation in both plants and animals, and play a key role in revealing the molecular mechanisms underlying traits. This book covers the discovery, analysis and uses of SNPs, and examines other approaches to plant genotyping.

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"A thorough revision and expansion of Pate and Beard's Kwongan--Plant Life of the Sandplain (1984)"--Page 4 of cover.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

Plant Names is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them.

(Paperback, 2nd edition)

A concise, fundamental guide to understanding plant structure containing superb colour photographs and drawings.

A guide for identifying and understanding the plants of the Central Queensland region.

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A new perspective on the biological roots of competition from the author of Anarchy Evolution and Cornell lecturer.

'Sullivan's account of a year spent watching rats in a New York alley exerts the pull of the macabre ... fascinating' Independent on Sunday

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The first illustrated guide to the over 630 known species of rays found on the planet.

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Forest ecology experts analyse the ecological and economic costs and benefits of salvage logging.

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From the author of Losing Earth, a beautifully told exploration of our post-natural world that points the way to a new mode of ecological writing.

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Award-winning, celebrated New York Times columnist and science writer Carl Zimmer presents a history of our understanding of heredity in this sweeping, resonating overview of a force that shaped human society - a force set to shape our future even more radically.

A comprehensive guide to the reptiles and amphibians that live in the unique Mallee habitat.

Originally published in 1613, this florilegium by Basilius Besler of Nuremberg contains more than 1000 drawings of ornamental flowering plants. This slipcased facsimile edition has an introduction and commentaries on the plates by Gerard G. Aymonin.

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Covers all known stick and leaf insects and includes photographs of all species, notes on their ecology and biology as well as identification keys.

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Uncovers the best sites for observing Australia's spectacularly diverse and unique mammals.

Explores the intriguing and relatively unknown story of Australia's most controversial animal, the dingo.

(Hardback, Main)

How fifty years of genetic engineering have brought us to the brink of a profound and disturbing future, from Baille Gifford-shortlisted scientist Matthew Cobb.

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The most comprehensive and authoritative account of lavender

(Paperback, Revised and updated edition)

For too long the Neanderthals have been seen as dim-witted evolutionary dead-enders who looked and behaved completely differently from us, but their story has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and advances in scientific techniques. This book takes a look at the whole story of the Neanderthals.

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Why are people who work anti-social shifts more illness prone and die younger What is jet-lag and can anything help Why do teenagers refuse to get up in the morning, and are the rest of us really 'larks' or 'owls' Why are most people born (and die) between 3am-5am This book answers these questions.

Full of practical tips about where to find various animals, and what their presence can tell about their environment.

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A beautiful and definitive guide to every aspect of bird life and a complete survey of the world's orders and families of birds.

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Reproduces, in facsimile, John Mawe's first shell collecting guide of 1804, together with his complete edition of 1821. You can now follow this intrepid author along the coasts of North Africa and South America, sharing the pleasures of handling beautiful and rare shells. Much fascinating biographical and bibliographical information added.