Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is an antioxidant enzyme that scavenges superoxide radicals, and are found in all living cells. SODs have been studied a...

This book takes readers on a unique journey to Svalbard, one of the last regions of genuine wilderness in Europe. Arctic and marine biologist Paul ...

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Pork is consumed more than any other meat worldwide, and there are numerous other products made with ingredients from pigs, including medical produ...

Symbiosis refers to the biological interaction between two organisms or species, living in close association. In this book, the authors present cur...

An overwhelming majority of known species of microorganisms form biofilms (ie: spatially and metabolically structured communities embedded in the e...

Memory could be conceptualised as the capability to encode, store and retrieve information to guide behavior. Memory may be stored in different man...

Synaptic plasticity is the ability of the connection, or synapse, between two neurons to change in strength in response to either use or disuse of ...

Synapse formation is the one of the unique features of brain cells (neurons), and synaptic plasticity remains the most pivotal function of the brai...

For a quantitative description of variety cell responses to ionising radiation, a mathematical model is suggested. In contrast to the conventional ...

For a quantitative description of variety cell responses to ionising radiation, a mathematical model is suggested. In contrast to the conventional ...

Phytolith studies are placed in the interaction of many scientific fields in both natural and human sciences. Although phytolith studies go back ov...

Systems biology sits at the heart of new integrative paradigm in the 21st century, the book could gain an insight into (i) system structure and the...

In this book, the synthetic gene circuits are modeled by nonlinear stochastic systems to consider random genetic variations and random in vivo envi...

A lone wild wolf lives on a small group of uninhabited islands in British Columbia’s Salish Sea, surrounded by freighter, oil tanker and other boat...

Tannins constitute a heterogeneous group of polyphenolic compounds, present in a considerable number of vegetable foods. The term tannin is derived...

Tannins are astringent, bitter plant polyphenols that either bind and precipitate or shrink proteins and various other organic compounds including ...

The purpose of this volume is to provide the reader with an overview of a wide sampling of research methodologies employed in the investigation of ...

It is fitting that this book on Teaching Human Variation appear in 2009, for this year marks the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the...

Botany is a forerunning field of study that could address the foremost disputes facing humanity in the 21st century; coupled with the development o...

The authors begin this compilation by analyzing catalase and peroxidase enzymes in different Black Sea teleosts related to their taxonomic, physiol...

The number of proliferation zones in the adult brain is strongly reduced in the transition between fish and tetrapods and even more in mammals comp...

Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that catalyses the cellular synthesis of telomeric DNA during cellular division, resulting in maintenance ...

This book examines current research on biology, linear developmental model and biological control efficiency. The book draws heavily from insect ph...