Evolution in a toxic world : how life responds to chemical threats /
Monosson, Emily.
Evolution in a toxic world : how life responds to chemical threats / Emily Monosson. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2012. - xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-216) and index.
Shining a light on earth's oldest toxic threat? -- When life gives you oxygen, respire -- Metal planet -- It takes two (or more) for the cancer tango -- Chemical warfare -- Sensing chemicals -- Coordinated defense -- Toxic evolution -- Toxic overload? -- Appendix. Five recent additions to the chemical handbook of life.
9781597269766 (cloth : alk. paper) 159726976X (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597269773 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1597269778 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012003365
Environmental toxicology.
Chemicals--Physiological effect.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Ecophysiology.
Evolution (Biology)
RA1226 / .M66 2012
613/.1
Evolution in a toxic world : how life responds to chemical threats / Emily Monosson. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2012. - xii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-216) and index.
Shining a light on earth's oldest toxic threat? -- When life gives you oxygen, respire -- Metal planet -- It takes two (or more) for the cancer tango -- Chemical warfare -- Sensing chemicals -- Coordinated defense -- Toxic evolution -- Toxic overload? -- Appendix. Five recent additions to the chemical handbook of life.
9781597269766 (cloth : alk. paper) 159726976X (cloth : alk. paper) 9781597269773 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1597269778 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012003365
Environmental toxicology.
Chemicals--Physiological effect.
Adaptation (Physiology)
Ecophysiology.
Evolution (Biology)
RA1226 / .M66 2012
613/.1