Molecular Phylogenetics: Building Evolutionary Trees using DNA Sequence Data
Author: K. Praveen Karanth
This textbook covers the fundamentals of molecular phylogenetics. Over the past few decades, there has been an exponential increase in DNA sequence data available in public databases, along with the sequencing of complete genomes for numerous organisms. Concurrently, advances in sequence analysis methods and the computational power of computers have significantly progressed. This book consolidates and presents essential information on phylogenetics, detailing various approaches to constructing evolutionary trees, molecular markers, and statistical tests, along with their applications. It also delves into the theoretical foundations of phylogenetic methods, offering a clear overview without overwhelming mathematical details. This approach empowers students to analyze and interpret data accurately and address potential issues in the process.
This textbook is designed for students and researchers in taxonomy, biogeography, and evolutionary biology.
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This book attempts to understand this vocabulary and the artisans who first made use of it.
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Author: Ramandeep Kaur
This book serves as a guide, covering stuttering from its development and treatment to relapse and recovery. In addition to discussing types and prevalence, it also explores various treatment techniques for children. The chapters address the emotional aspects of stuttering and integrate elements from speech therapy, cognitive and behavioral therapy, education, and occupational therapy, ensuring holistic care and understanding for both patients and caregivers. The book is supplemented with case studies of individuals who have overcome their stuttering.
This book is relevant to occupational therapists, professionals, and students alike, offering insights and strategies for understanding, managing, and overcoming stuttering.
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Reimagining Border in Cross-border Education
Editors: Neeta Inamdar, Pranjali Kirloskar
Universities are inherently and definitionally universal in their quest for the creation and dissemination of knowledge. They are set to defy borders that exist in parochial forms. Globalization which opened up borders has by design or default created inequalities and imbalances in knowledge systems. Undoubtedly, knowledge is power but there is difference in the power that is intrinsic to it and the power that is ascribed which is determined by dominant political and economic hierarchies.
If knowledge predominantly flows from global north to global south, people seeking knowledge move from global south to global north. These imbalances are also seen within these regions, between cultures and communities, one claiming superiority over the other. These realities call for a reassessment of not only what constitutes knowledge, but also what encompasses the idea of borders.
This book elaborates on the inclusive role of education that can act as an equalizer or as a catalyst for creating a level playing field across borders.
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Mutualistic Interactions between Flowering Plants and Animals
Editors: Palatty Allesh Sinu, KR Shivanna
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Internationalization of Higher Education: The Dynamics of Educational Ecology
Editors: H Vinod Bhat, Neeta Inamdar
Mobility of scholars for seeking knowledge has existed since the earliest ideal of universities. These universities have played a pivotal role in the movement of people across borders and the resultant transformation of societies due to transcultural interactions.
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The Multivalence of an Epic: Retelling the Ramayana in South India and Southeast Asia
Editor: Parul Pandya Dhar
This volume examines The Rāmāyaṇa traditions of South India and Southeast Asia. Bringing together 19 well-known scholars in Rāmāyaṇa studies from Cambodia, Canada, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, UK, and USA, this thought-provoking and elegantly illustrated volume engages with the inherent plurality, diversity, and adaptability of the Rāmāyaṇa in changing socio-political, religious, and cultural contexts.
The journey and localization of the Rāmāyaṇa is explored in its manifold expressions – from classical to folk, from temples and palaces to theatres and by-lanes in cities and villages, and from ancient to modern times. Regional Rāmāyaṇas from different parts of South India and Southeast Asia are placed in deliberate juxtaposition to enable a historically informed discussion of their connected pasts across land and seas. The three parts of this volume, organized as visual, literary, and performance cultures, discuss the sculpted, painted, inscribed, written, recited, and performed Rāmāyaṇas. A related emphasis is on the way boundaries of medium and genre have been crossed in the visual, literary, and performed representations of the Rāmāyaṇa.
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Parkinson’s Disease in India: From Clinic to Bench
Editors: Madhuri Behari, SP Gorthi
With increased life expectancy, the prevalence of age-related neurological illnesses like Parkinson’s disease continues to rise. With a focus on demography, etiology, clinical features (both motor and non-motor), complications and treatment modalities, this book covers all the aspects of Parkinson’s disease and serves as a reference for students of neurology wanting to learn the finer nuances and implications of this condition. The subject matter of this book includes:
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