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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Possible Traces and Clues of Early Life Forms -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Have "things" always been as they are today? -- 1.3. Fossil traces? -- 1.4. Geochemical elements confirming these recent results -- 1.5. Compartmentalization of resources and primary biomass -- 1.6. Rebuilding a living cell: a wide range of possibilities explored, from the mineral to the organic -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 1.8. Acknowledgements -- 1.9. References -- 2 The Nature of Life -- 2.1. Observations and assumptions |
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2.2. Descriptions and definitions -- 2.3. Exploration -- 2.4. Conclusion -- 2.5. References -- 3 From Form to Function -- 3.1. Form: a concept for knowledge -- 3.2. Basic structural elements: from the molecule to the cell -- 3.3. The weight of the physical setting -- 3.4. Mesoderm: base material for architect genes -- 3.5. Appendices and laws of mechanics -- 3.6. "Appendicular" movement on land -- 3.7. The legless -- 3.8. And the head -- 3.9. References -- 4 On Growth and Form: Context and Purpose -- 4.1. D'Arcy Thompson's program -- 4.2. Application of mathematics to morphometry |
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4.3. References -- 5 The Emergence of Form in the History of Epigenetics -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. From epigenesis to epigenetics -- 5.3. The evolution of the epigenetic landscape -- 5.4. Modernizing the epigenetic landscape -- 5.5. From epigenetic landscape to chromosome conformation -- 5.6. Conclusion: from form to function -- 5.7. Acknowledgments -- 5.8. References -- 6 The Many Shapes of Microbial Detection of Kin and Kind -- 6.1. From Darwin's social-insects-puzzle to microbes -- 6.2. Handshakes of kinship or "kindship" in bacteria |
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6.3. The ameba world of clone discrimination/recognition -- 6.4. Social microbes and multicellularity -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. References -- 7 Development and Evolution of Plant Forms -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Diversity of plant forms and associated functions -- 7.2.1. Anthropocentric view of plant forms -- 7.2.2. Plant forms perceived by pollinators -- 7.3. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.3.1. Pattern formation during ontogenesis -- 7.3.2. Physical-mathematical considerations on plant morphogenesis -- 7.3.3. Implementation of forms during phylogenesis |
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7.4. Origin and evolution of plant forms -- 7.4.1. Usefulness for human societies -- 7.4.2. Usefulness for botanical classifiers -- 7.5. Conclusion -- 7.6. Acknowledgments -- 7.7. References -- 8 Forms of Memory -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. The polymorphism of memory -- 8.3. Non-associative memories -- 8.3.1. Habituation and sensitization -- 8.3.2. Priming -- 8.3.3. Perceptual learning -- 8.4. Classical conditioning -- 8.4.1. Operational definition, rules and varieties of classical conditioning -- 8.4.2. Contemporary theory of classical conditioning |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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8.4.3. The importance of classical conditioning |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Maurel, Marie-Christine
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| ISBN |
9781119818434 |
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1119818435 |
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