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    • Chromosome interaction over a distance inmeiosis 

      Brady, Mary; Paliulis, Leocadia V. (2015)
      The challenge of cell division is to distribute partner chromosomes (pairs of homologues, pairs of sex chromosomes or pairs of sister chromatids) correctly, one into each daughter cell. In the ‘standard’ meiosis, this ...
    • Cities and regions in Britain through hierarchical percolation 

      Arcaute, Elsa; Molinero, Carlos; Hatna, Erez (2016)
      Urban systems present hierarchical structures at many different scales. These are observed as administrative regional delimitations which are the outcome of complex geographical, political and historical processes which ...
    • City lifemakes females fussy: sex differences in habitat use of temperate bats in urban areas 

      Lintott, Paul R.; Bunnefeld, Nils; Montemayor, Elisa Fuentes (The Royal Society, 2014)
      Urbanization is a major driver of the global loss of biodiversity to mitigate its adverse effects, it is essential to understand what drives species’ patterns of habitat use within the urban matrix. While many animal species ...
    • Civil Procedure: Pleading 

      Levin, Hillel (Cali eLangdell Press, 2011)
      This chapter covers the Civil Procedure topic of Pleading: The Plaintiff‘s Complaint. The chapter takes approximately four class periods to cover in detail. The student is exposed to cases, presented with questions that ...
    • Climate driven tipping points could lead to sudden, high intensity parasite outbreaks 

      Fox, Naomi J.; Marion, Glenn; Davidson, Ross S. (2015)
      Parasitic nematodes represent one of the most pervasive and significant challenges to grazing livestock, and their intensity and distribution are strongly influenced by climate. Parasite levels and species composition have ...
    • Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care 

      Doyle, Glynda Rees; McCutcheon, Jodie Anita (Campus Manitoba, 2016)
      This open educational resource (OER) was developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the ...
    • Clover root exudate produces male-biased sex ratios and accelerates male metamorphic timing in wood frogs 

      Lambert, Max R. (2015)
      In amphibians, abnormal metamorph sex ratios and sexual development have almost exclusively been considered in response to synthetic compounds like pesticides or pharmaceuticals. However, endocrine-active plant chemicals ...
    • Coevolutionary interactions between farmers andmafia induce host acceptance of avian brood parasites 

      Chakra, Maria Abou; Hilbe, Christian; Traulsen, Arne (2016)
      Brood parasites exploit their host in order to increase their own fitness. Typically, this results in an arms race between parasite trickery and host defence. Thus, it is puzzling to observe hosts that accept parasitism ...
    • Coexistence of three sympatric cormorants 

      Mahendiran; Mylswamy (2016)
      Resource partitioning is well known along food and habitat for reducing competition among sympatric species, yet a study on temporal partitioning as a viable basis for reducing resource competition is not empirically ...
    • Collaborative Statistics 

      Illowsky, Barbara; Dean, Susan (Connexions, 2012)
      Preface. Additional Resources. Author Acknowledgements. Student Welcome Letter. 1. Sampling and Data. 2. Descriptive Statistics. 3. Probability Topics. 4. Discrete Random Variables. 5. Continuous Random Variables. 6. The ...
    • College Algebra 

      Stitz, Carl; Zeager, Jeff (Lorain County Community College, 2013)
      Chapter 1: Relations and Functions. Chapter 2: Linear and Quadratic Functions. Chapter 3: Polynomial Functions. Chapter 4: Rational Functions. Chapter 5: Further Topics in Functions. Chapter 6: Exponential and Logarithmic ...
    • College Physics for AP ® Courses 

      Lyublinskaya, Irina (OpenStax College, 2016)
      The AP® curriculum was designed to allow instructors flexibility in their approach to teaching the physics courses. OpenStax College Physics: AP® Edition helps you orient students as they delve deeper into the world of ...
    • College Success 

      Beiderwell, Bruce; Tse, Linda; Lochhaas, Tom (University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing, 2015)
      Chapter 1: You and Your College Experience. Chapter 2: Staying Motivated, Organized, and On Track. Chapter 3: Thinking about Thought. Chapter 4: Listening, Taking Notes, and Remembering. Chapter 5: Reading to Learn. Chapter ...
    • Combining genetic and distributional approaches to sourcing introduced species 

      Dowell, Stephanie A.; Wood, Jared P.; Campbell, Todd S. (2016)
      Three separate breeding populations of the Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus) have been identified in Florida, USA, located in Cape Coral, West Palm Beach and Homestead Air Reserve Base. This large, predatory lizard could ...
    • Communication in the Real World: An Introduction to Communication Studies 

      Jones, Richard (The Saylor Foundation, 2013)
      Chapter 1: Introduction to Communication Studies. Communication: History and Forms. The Communication Process. Communication Principles. Communication Competence. Chapter 2: Communication and Perception. Perception Process. ...
    • Communication Theory 

      Unknown author (Campus Manitoba, 2014)
      This book is an introduction to communication theory - the theory of how humans share, encode, and decode what they know, what they need, and what they expect from each other.
    • Comparative phylogenetic analyses uncover the ancient roots of Indo-European folktales 

      Silva, Sara Graçada; Tehrani, Jamshid J. (2016)
      Ancient population expansions and dispersals often leave enduring signatures in the cultural traditions of their descendants, as well as in their genes and languages. The international folktale record has long been regarded ...
    • Comparing and modelling land use organization in cities 

      Lenormand, Maxime; Picornell, Miguel; Cantú-Ros, Oliva G. (2015)
      The advent of geolocated information and communication technologies opens the possibility of exploring how people use space in cities, bringing an important new tool for urban scientists and planners, especially for regions ...
    • Comparing maternal genetic variation across two millennia reveals the demographic history of an ancient human population in southwest Turkey 

      Ottoni, Claudio; Rasteiro, Rita; Willet, Rinse (2016)
      More than two decades of archaeological research at the site of Sagalassos, in southwest Turkey, resulted in the study of the former urban settlement in all its features. Originally settled in late Classical/early Hellenistic ...
    • Comparison of methods to determine point-to-point resistance in nearly rectangular networks with application to a ‘hammock’ network 

      Essam, John W.; Izmailyan, Nikolay Sh.; Kenna, Ralph (The Royal Society, 2015)
      Considerable progress has recently been made in the development of techniques to exactly determine two-point resistances in networks of various topologies. In particular, two types of method have emerged. One is based on ...