Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 64, Issue 1 (2009)

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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Volume 64, Issue 1 (2009)

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Original Articles

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The origins of the scientific study and classification of giraffes
G. Mitchell
Pages: 1-13
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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A preliminary survey of the estuaries on the south coast of South Africa, Robberg Peninsula—Cape St Francis, with particular reference to the fish fauna
N. C. James & T. D. Harrison
Pages: 14-31
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Disjunctions in the Diptera (Insecta) fauna of the Mediterranean Province and southern Africa and a discussion of biogeographical considerations
A. H. Kirk-Spriggs & G. McGregor
Pages: 32-52
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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A review of the cave spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from South Africa
Ansie S. Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jan G. Myburgh
Pages: 53-61
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Support vector machine prediction of HIV-1 drug resistance using the viral nucleotide patterns
Seare Tesfamichael Araya & Scott Hazelhurst
Pages: 62-72
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Thermodynamic description of a copolymerisation process: the link between Maxwell's Demon and the drive to compile genetic information
H. H. Klump
Pages: 73-75
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Andrew David Thackeray at the Radcliffe Observatory
I. S. Glass
Pages: 76-78
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Darwin's interest in the natural history of the Cape: from beetles to antelope, plants and granite
J. Francis Thackeray
Pages: 79-81
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Veterinary education in South Africa at a crossroad
R. D. Bigalke
Pages: 82-83
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Biographical Memoir

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Professor Emeritus Denis William Ewer MBE FRSSAf 1913–2009
Alan N. Hodgson
Pages: 84-85
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Book Review
Graham Mitchell
Page: 86
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Miscellany

Annual Report for 2008
Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman
Pages: 87-94
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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Editorials

Editorial
EDITORIAL BOARD
Page: ebi
Published online: 22 Mar 2010
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