Vol 454j14 August 2008jdoi:10.1038/nature07190 REVIEWS Genomics of cellulosic biofuels Edward M. Rubin1‚2 The development of alternatives to fossil fuels as an energy source is an urgent global priority. Cellulosic biomass has the potential to contribute to meeting the demand for liquid fuel‚ but land-use requirements and process inefficiencies represent hurdles for large-scale deployment of biomass-to-biofuel technologies. Genomic information gathered from across the biosphere‚ including potential
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Chapter 1 In this section of the book‚ before we became homo sapiens‚ we evolved from past ancestors who weren’t up to par on further knowledge on life as modern humans today. The author suggests that humans come from a long past of ancestry from Africa that has been spread all around various parts of the globe. The locations of their selected spots have had a huge impact of the development of technologies and how they came to evolve to have more appealing characteristics suited for their
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The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (Pages: 271) Publisher: Random House (2001) In The Botany of Desire‚ Michael Pollan counters the idea that humans fully control the crops they plant for their own use. Instead‚ Pollan uses a “plant’s-eye view of the world” to argue that plants have manipulated humans for evolutionary advantage as much as humans have manipulated plants. The book centers around four main plants that exploit our desires: The tulip gratifies our desire for beauty‚ the potato
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growing‚ high in carbohydrates” and yielded a large harvest (119). This allowed the people of Eurasia to grow large amounts of food that could sustain large populations. Eurasia’s vast size meant there were many more species of plants available for domestication and food production at a much larger scale. Although Africa‚ the Americas‚ and Australia “ ended up somewhat less well endowed” due to smaller number of domesticated plants and land size (390). The farming on this continent also led to the cultivation
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negate their potential to be pets or food sources. Under this definition‚ it must also be noted that humans are in fact a species of animal. So‚ then using this definition of animals‚ are zoos to be considered locations for the restraint and domestication of rare species‚ by human standards‚ or as a place of conservation‚ science‚ and protection for these animals? Regan believes so strongly in animal rights that he holds a position that animals should not be considered a resource of humans (Regan
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Reese Working History 1110 Women in the Paleolithic Period The Paleolithic era in our worlds history was a difficult time for everyone‚ but for women‚ it became more and more difficult. Hunting and gathering society’s were most prevalent‚ although‚ later on the early formation of cities and larger community’s began to emerge. Ones job in the Paleolithic era would most likely consist of gathering food and protecting the small group he or she belonged to. Just surviving would have been a full
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● Settling was based on successful cultivation of crops and domestication of animals ● the revolution itself occurred independently ‚ in various locations‚ over a large time period ● Each agricultural hearth developed different farming practices that worked with their own land features Revolution Outcomes: 1. There was a more constant food supply now that people started controlling food production and animal domestication. 2. With greater availability and easier access to food sources
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been cultivated for the purpose of sustenance First Agricultural Revolution - dating back 10‚000 years; achieved plant domestication and animal domestication Vegetative Planting- removing part of a plant and putting it in the ground to grow a new plant Seed Planting- taking the seeds from existing plants and planting them to produce new plants Animal Domestication – genetic modification of an animal such that it is rendered more amenable to human control Agricultural Hearths & Carl
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Thus‚ Venuti states that domestication happens when in the translated text there is not left any unfamiliar or foreign elements like it was in the source text (Venuti 1995‚ 20). The culture-specific differences are reduced to a minimum to make sure viewers get the whole concept of a film. Foreignization keeps all the non-native features‚ which usually suggest that it is a literal translation. Domestication even though it seeks to achieve complete naturalness‚ it interprets
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Yeon Joo Seo Profrssor Hotinceanu English Culture Ⅱ December 9‚ 2014 Girl The short story “Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is a story which a mother’s compassion represents the disempowerment‚ domestication of women in a patriarchal society and suppression of female sexuality. A first prominent theme is the disempowerment of women in society. Her mother reaffirm the collective ideas that persistently restricts the behavior of her daughter and clearly define the “proper” feminine persona. Also‚ the Carib
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