" The merits of this work are many. A rigorous integration of phylogenetic hypotheses into
studies of adaptation, adaptive radiation, and coevolution is absolutely necessary and can …

" By combining recent advances in the physical sciences with some of the novel ideas,
techniques, and data of modern biology, this book ambitiously attempts to achieve a new and …

In writing this worlcbook, we have strived to follow in the tradition of Brooks et al.(1984) of
providing a guide to basic phylogenetic techniques as we now understand them. The field of …

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object, will comprise a new framework for nonlinear quantum optics, with applications …

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Background: This is the 32nd Annual Report of the American Association of Poison Control
Centers’ (AAPCC) National Poison Data System (NPDS). As of 1 January 2014, 56 of the …

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