Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene /: how we are changing life, gene by gene. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Emily Monosson.
• Authors: Monosson, Emily
• Contents: Life-changing chemicals -- Unnatural selection in a natural world. Discovery : antibiotics and the rise of the superbug ; Prevention : searching for a universal vaccine ; Treatment : beyond chemotherapy ; Defiance : rounding up resistance ; Resurgence : bedbugs bite back -- Natural selection in an unnatural world. Release : toxics in the wild ; Evolution : it's humanly possible -- Beyond selection. Epigenetics : epilogue or prologue?
• Publisher Details: Washington, DC : Island Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 187 pages)
• Subjects: 576.542; Environment; Environmental toxicology; Chemicals -- Physiological effect; Adaptation (Physiology); Ecophysiology; Evolution (Biology); SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution; Adaptation (Physiology); Chemicals -- Physiological effect; Ecophysiology; Environmental toxicology; Evolution (Biology); Ecotoxicology; Environment; Environment, general; Environmental sciences; Science -- Environmental Science; The environment; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781610915007; 1610915003; 9781597266451; 1597266450
• Related ISBNs: 9781610914987; 1610914988
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-178) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.