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Palumbi, Stephen R.

 
9780393323382: The Evolution Explosion: How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change
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ISBN 10: 0393323382 ISBN 13: 9780393323382
Editorial: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

Sinopsis

Evolution is not merely the process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years. It also happens rapidly, so quickly and so frequently that it changes how all of us live our lives. Drugs fail because diseases like HIV and tuberculosis evolve in a matter of months, neatly sidestepping pharmacology. Insects adapt and render harmless the most powerful pesticides in a matter of years, not centuries. While the ecological impact of human technology has been well publicized, the evolutionary consequences of antibiotic and antiviral use, insecticide applications, and herbicide bioengineering have been largely unexplored. In The Evolution Explosion, Stephen R. Palumbi examines these practical and critical aspects of modern evolution with a simple, yet forceful style that contains both an urgent message and a sense of humor.

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Stephen R. Palumbi is professor of biology at Harvard University.

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Editorial
W. W. Norton & Company
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0393323382
ISBN 13 
9780393323382
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
288
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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