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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, DC : Island Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resource (x, 187 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781610915007
  • 9781597266451
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • RA1226 .U563 2015
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Contents:
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?
Subject: 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 not like the result. Monosson reveals that the very code of life is more fluid than once imagined. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure on to evolve or die, beneficial traits can sweep rapidly through a population. Species with explosive population growththe bugs, bacteria, and weedstend to thrive, while bigger, slower-to-reproduce creatures, like ourselves, are more likely to succumb. Unnatural Selection is eye-opening and more than a little disquieting. But it also suggests how we might lessen our impact: manage pests without creating super bugs; protect individuals from disease without inviting epidemics; and benefit from technology without threatening the health of our children.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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?

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 not like the result. Monosson reveals that the very code of life is more fluid than once imagined. When our powerful chemicals put the pressure on to evolve or die, beneficial traits can sweep rapidly through a population. Species with explosive population growththe bugs, bacteria, and weedstend to thrive, while bigger, slower-to-reproduce creatures, like ourselves, are more likely to succumb. Unnatural Selection is eye-opening and more than a little disquieting. But it also suggests how we might lessen our impact: manage pests without creating super bugs; protect individuals from disease without inviting epidemics; and benefit from technology without threatening the health of our children.

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