Unnatural selection
Subtitle: how we are changing life, gene by gene
By: Emily Monosson
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9781610914987
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Physiological effect; Chemicals; Ecophysiology; Evolution (Biology); Adaptation (Physiology); Environmental toxicology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-178) and index.
Table of contents: title: Life-changing chemicals; title: Part I: 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; title: Part II: Natural selection in an unnatural world. Release : toxics in the wild ; Evolution : it's humanly possible; title: Part III: Beyond selection. Epigenetics : epilogue or prologue?