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The structural and metabolic functions of bone tissue arise from its unique properties as a mineralized connective tissue. This chapter begins with a brief review of bone architecture and the interactions of functionally distinct cells. This crosstalk mediates competency for bone to respond to th...

Microbial metabolism is responsible for the removal of persistent organic pollutants including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the environment. Anaerobic dehalogenation processes of highly and moderately chlorinated biphenyls generate moderately and low chlorinated congeners, which can be s...

La conservación de la diversidad genética es un componente de la conservación biológi-ca, considerando que la diversidad biológica se define como la variedad de ecosistemas, espe-cies y poblaciones e incluye también a la diver-sidad genética dentro y entre las poblaciones (Frankham et al. 2002). ...