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Henderson's dictionary of biology / edited by Eleanor Lawrence.

Contributor(s): Lawrence, Eleanor, 1949- [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Harlow, Essex ; New York : Benjamin Cummings/Pearson, 2011Edition: Fiftheen editionDescription: xii, 758 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408234303 (paperback); Other title: Dictionary of biologySubject(s): Biology -- Dictionaries | BiologyDDC classification: R 570.3 DICT
Contents:
Abbreviations -- Units and conversions -- SI prefixes -- Greek alphabet -- Common Latin and Greek noun endings -- The dictionary -- Appendix 1: An outline of the plant kingdom -- Appendix 2: An outline of the kingdom fungi -- Appendix 3: An outline of the animal kingdom -- Appendix 4: An outline of the protists -- Appendix 5: An outline of the domain bacteria -- Appendix 6: An outline of the domain archaea -- Appendix 7: Virus families -- Appendix 8: Geological timescale -- Appendix 9: Etymological origins of some common word elements in biology.
Summary: "With over 22,000 entries, Henderson's Dictionary of Biology continues to be an essential reference for students, teachers and researchers within any of the biological sciences. This fourteenth edition has updated and revised many existing definitions, and has included new terms from exciting areas such as bioinformatics, proteomics, and genomics"--Publisher's description.
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Abbreviations -- Units and conversions -- SI prefixes -- Greek alphabet -- Common Latin and Greek noun endings -- The dictionary -- Appendix 1: An outline of the plant kingdom -- Appendix 2: An outline of the kingdom fungi -- Appendix 3: An outline of the animal kingdom -- Appendix 4: An outline of the protists -- Appendix 5: An outline of the domain bacteria -- Appendix 6: An outline of the domain archaea -- Appendix 7: Virus families -- Appendix 8: Geological timescale -- Appendix 9: Etymological origins of some common word elements in biology.

"With over 22,000 entries, Henderson's Dictionary of Biology continues to be an essential reference for students, teachers and researchers within any of the biological sciences. This fourteenth edition has updated and revised many existing definitions, and has included new terms from exciting areas such as bioinformatics, proteomics, and genomics"--Publisher's description.

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