Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene /

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Gonorrhea. Bed bugs. Weeds. Salamanders. People. All are evolving, some surprisingly rapidly, in response to our chemical age. In Unnatural Selection, Emily Monosson shows how our drugs, pesticides, and pollution are exerting intense selection pressure on all manner of species. And we humans might n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Monosson, Emily (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Environmental toxicology.
Chemicals > Physiological effect.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Ecophysiology.
Evolution (Biology)
Ecotoxicology
Adaptation, Physiological
Écotoxicologie.
Produits chimiques > Effets physiologiques.
Adaptation (Physiologie)
Écophysiologie.
The environment.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Chemicals > Physiological effect
Ecophysiology
Environmental toxicology
milieu
environment
Environmental Sciences (General)
Milieuwetenschappen (algemeen)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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?

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