Tears of the Cheetah The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors

Name: Tears of the Cheetah The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors
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ISBN: 9780312339005

ISBN-10: 0312339003

ISBN-13: 9780312339005

Edition: 2005

Authors: Stephen J. O'Brien, Stephen J. O'brien

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The history of life on Earth is dominated by extinction events so numerous that over 99.9% of the species ever to have existed are gone forever. If animals could talk, we would ask them to recall their own ancestries, in particular the secrets as to how they avoided almost inevitable annihilation in the face of daily assaults by predators, climactic cataclysms, deadly infections and innate diseases. In Tears of the Cheetah, medical geneticist and conservationist Stephen J. O'Brien narrates fast-moving science adventure stories that explore the mysteries of survival among the earth's most endangered and beloved wildlife. Here we uncover the secret histories of exotic species such as…

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List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 4/1/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword



Prologue



A Mouse That Roared



Tears of the Cheetah



Prides and Prejudice



A Run for Its Life-The Florida Panther



Bureaucratic Mischief



A Whale of a Tale



The Lion Plague



The Wild Man of Borneo



The Panda's Roots



The Way We Were



Snowball's Chance: Genomic Pawprints



Genetic Guardians



Origins



A Silver Bullet


Glossary


Suggestions for Further Reading


Acknowledgments


Index