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Chromosomes Today
Chromosomes Today, Volume 13 includes the plenary lectures presented at the 13th International Chromosome Conference, covering the most recent advances in the studies on chromosomes. The contributions in this volume were presented by some of the world's leaders in cytogenetic and molecular research and outline the present status of knowledge on the composition, structure, function and evolution of chromosomes, including, among others, the advancement of the human genome project. The use of cytogenetic studies has greatly increased in the last few years, resulting in a progressive improvement in the available methods that has consequently allowed a more detailed analysis of the molecular organization of eukaryotic chromosomes and a precise in situ localisation of specific gene sequences. This volume of Chromosomes Today provides up-to-date information regarding the topics at the forefront of chromosome research: genetic regulation, imprinting, DNA duplication, meiotic pairing, and the regulation of the...
Cytotaxonomy and Vertebrate Evolution
A biography of the Irish dramatist emphasizing the important themes of his works in a discussion of nine of his major plays.
Eran quattrocento
Quinto volume della collana sull'Italia unita in coedizione con CLUEB. Negli anni della "preparazione" risorgimentale, dal 1839 al 1847, gli Scienziati Italiani si riunirono in annuali convegni nelle maggiori città italiane, in una Patria ancora divisa. A Pisa nel 1839 erano pochi più di quattrocento, ma Napoli nel 1845 avevano superato i duemila convenuti. Dalla lettura degli Atti Verbali di quei congressi emerge un affresco affascinante di fervore scientifico pari a quello patriottico. Molti degli scienziati che confrontarono la loro scienza in quelle Riunioni furono poi impegnati nelle gloriose Giornate di Milano e nelle Repubbliche del ‘48 e del ’49; molti, coi loro studenti, presero le armi nella prima sfortunata Guerra d’Indipendenza, non pochi vi morirono. Tra le tante figure di scienziati e di patrioti, emerge quella di Carlo Luciano Bonaparte, Principe di Canino e Musignano, promotore e infaticabile organizzatore di queste Riunioni.
Chromosomes Today
Chromosomes Today volume 14 records the plenary proceedings of the 14th International Chromosome Conference, presenting an overview of the current concerns in plant, animal and human cytogenetics. This volume provides up-to-date information regarding relevant aspects on structure, function and evolution of chromosomes, meiosis, sex chromosomes, and cancer cytogenetics. It contains invited contributions from some of the world's leading experts in the field.
Mediterranean Great White Sharks
In 1996, the Italian Great White Shark Data Bank began collecting and recording encounters in the Mediterranean between great white sharks and boats, bathers, divers, fishermen and others, from the Middle Ages to the present. This meticulously researched work presents the study's findings for the first time, releasing a trove of information on the great white's size, distribution, habitat, behavior, reproduction, diet, fisheries and attacks on humans. With 596 records of great white sharks from the entire Mediterranean Sea, this volume represents the most complete and comprehensive study on the species in that region and constitutes a rich resource for historians, scientists, fishermen, and divers.
Wildlife Review
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Giovanni Battista Grassi
La figura di scienziato di Battista Grassi emerge tra i protagonisti nel panorama della zoologia di quel lasso di tempo a cavallo del XIX e XX secolo, principalmente a motivo di quelle sue celebri ricerche che portarono alla identificazione precisa del vettore del plasmodio della malaria umana in Anopheles claviger. L’opera scientifica del Grassi, però, non si esaurisce tutta in questo solo settore, e l’enfasi che gli si dà tende ad offuscare altri importanti contributi che gli meritarono fama internazionale, al pari di quelli sulla trasmissione malarica; sono quelli di un Grassi schiettamente zoologo che si occupò delle caste delle tèrmiti, così come dell’evoluzione degli insetti, e della microfauna dell’ambiente edafico. E si potrebbe seguitare con gli studi sui cicli parassitari degli elminti, per concludere con le ricerche definite “epocali” dai suoi contemporanei, sulla metamorfosi dei Leptocefali e il ciclo riproduttivo delle anguille, e quelli sui danni causati dalla fillossera della vite. Ed è proprio a questa figura di grande geniale zoologo che s’è voluto dare enfasi in questo libro.
The Conquest of Malaria
At the outset of the twentieth century, malaria was Italy’s major public health problem. It was the cause of low productivity, poverty, and economic backwardness, while it also stunted literacy, limited political participation, and undermined the army. In this book Frank Snowden recounts how Italy became the world center for the development of malariology as a medical discipline and launched the first national campaign to eradicate the disease. Snowden traces the early advances, the setbacks of world wars and Fascist dictatorship, and the final victory against malaria after World War II. He shows how the medical and teaching professions helped educate people in their own self-defense and in the process expanded trade unionism, women’s consciousness, and civil liberties. He also discusses the antimalarial effort under Mussolini’s regime and reveals the shocking details of the German army’s intentional release of malaria among Italian civilians—the first and only known example of bioterror in twentieth-century Europe. Comprehensive and enlightening, this history offers important lessons for today’s global malaria emergency.
Sex Itself
Human genomes are 99.9 percent identical—with one prominent exception. Instead of a matching pair of X chromosomes, men carry a single X, coupled with a tiny chromosome called the Y. Tracking the emergence of a new and distinctive way of thinking about sex represented by the unalterable, simple, and visually compelling binary of the X and Y chromosomes, Sex Itself examines the interaction between cultural gender norms and genetic theories of sex from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present, postgenomic age. Using methods from history, philosophy, and gender studies of science, Sarah S. Richardson uncovers how gender has helped to shape the research practices, questions asked,...
