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The Evolution ExplosionStephen R. Palumbi

The Evolution Explosion

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"Evolution is not just the slow process that ruled the rise and fall of the dinosaurs over hundreds of millions of years. It happens quickly too, so quickly and so frequently that it changes how all of us live our lives. Drugs that suddenly fail because diseases evolve, insects that overcome the most powerful pesticides, HIV we can treat only for months before it evolves resistance to the newest drugs - all of these changes happen right before our eyes, driven by the intensity of human medicine, industry, and agriculture.". "This fast evolution is evolution with teeth, and it impacts our…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2002
    Evolution Explosion
    Tandem Library · 9781417694198
  • Other · English · 2002
    W. W. Norton & Company · 288 pages · 9780393323382
  • Other · English · 2001
    W. W. Norton & Company · 288 pages · 9780393020113
ResistenzDrug resistance in microorganismsAnthropogener EinflussEvolution (Biology)Microbial Drug ResistanceEvolutionPesticide resistanceBiotechnology