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Aneuploidy is one of the most common chromosome abnormalities in human beings. The term 'aneuploidy' refers to any karyotype that does not hold the characteristics of any euploid. Nevertheless, two distinguished traits make the study of aneuploidy very difficult. Firstly, quite frequently it is difficult to identify its causes and consequences. Next, aneuploidy is often connected with a continual deficit in upholding genome stability. Hence, s...

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John David Rhodes portrays the social and aesthetic complexities of this world with the elan and precision of George Eliot. His outline history of Roman urbanism suggests voracious reading and many a walk through. Rhodes' writing constantly surprises. This is an insightful, engrossing book about art, urbanism and consciousness that changes the way we think about Pasolini's early career." --"Sight & Sound

In this remarkable book, John David Rhodes makes an invaluable contribution to scholarship on cinema and the city. Analyzing Pier Paolo Pasolini's Rome films and his political and emotional engagement with the city, Rhodes has provided a fascinating and moving background to this period of Pasolini's life, vision, and politics." --Laura Mulvey

When David Rhodes's first three novels were published in the mid-seventies, he was acclaimed as "one of the best eyes in recent fiction" (John Gardner), and compared favorably to Sherwood Anderson. In 1976, a motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the chest down, and unpublished for the subsequent three decades.Driftless heralds a triumphant return to the Midwestern landscape Rhodes knows so well, offering a fascinating and entirely unsen...

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This book brings forth some of the most innovative concepts and elucidates the unexplored aspects of bionanotechnology, microbiology, and genetic engineering. The biotechnological applications of microbiology and genetic engineering in the field of pharmaceuticals, bioenergy, food industry, agriculture, etc. have been discussed in this book. The interdisciplinary advances of these fields such as green chemistry, protein engineering, etc. have ...

There has been rapid progress in the fields of genetic engineering and biological processes, and their applications are finding their way across multiple industries. This book brings forth path-breaking studies conducted in these subjects. The chapters included herein discuss topics such as biodesign process, cellular design, bioproduction, etc. It will prove to be immensely beneficial to students and researchers pursuing genetic engineering, ...

National Science Standards, Grades K-4- Life Science: Content Standard C- Organisms have basic needs.- Each plant or animal has different structures that serve different functions in growth, etc.

With eight snaking arms and a shapeless body, the octopus is unlike any other animal in the ocean. Readers will learn about various aspects of the octopus, including its high intelligence level, its masterful ability for camouflage and other defense mechanisms, and its reproductive behavior. Squids and other octopus relatives are also discussed.

Multidisciplinary approach takes in opinions and analasys from senior managers, engineering consultants, financial strategists and academics. Includes readings which reflect the importance of managing technology in service industries. Emphasis is placed on issues of technology strategy and management.

Originally published in 1974, this gripping novel tells the tale of the Easter family of Ontarion, Iowa. Ansel Easter was a favored minister until he rescued a grotesque creature from a carnival sideshow. His sons, C and Sam, suffer in the shadow of their outcast father until his violent death. C and Sam leave the home their father built for a new beginning, and find fortune building a lucrative business called the Associates -- but when a ras...

Raised in an idyllic Iowa town, young July Montgomery is rocked by the tragic death of his parents. Fleeing to Philadelphia, he fashions a ghostly existence in an underground train station. When a young woman appears to free him from his malaise, they return together to the Iowa heartland, where the novel soars to its heartrending climax. First published to enormous acclaim in 1975, "Rock Island Line" brings Rhodes's striking characterizations...

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Driftless marks the triumphant return of a significant American writer. At once intimate and funny, wise and generous, it is an unforgettable story of contemporary life in rural America.

Survival has been the Sledge way since Reuben Sledge's father first moved to Des Moines. Yet the family seems cursed, and one by one the Sledges are slipping away. Reuben's oldest brother is hanged for the murder of his wife. Then another brother is committed to an asylum for spying on the woman he loves. But it's the rape and disgrace of his beloved sister Nellie that drives Reuben into a deep despair. Into the depths of this depression wande...

Driftless marks the triumphant return of a significant American writer. At once intimate and funny, wise and generous, it is an unforgettable story of contemporary life in rural America.