DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGICAL
TERMS
The twelfth edition of this
classic dictionary, first published eighty years ago, has been updated throughout,
rewritten for clarity and reorganized to make it even easier to use.
over 23,000 entries
comprehensive coverage of all
major fields in biology
includes acronyms and
abbreviations, now included in the main text for easier access
includes new terms that have
come into use since the last edition, e.g. aptamer, archaeon, bioinformatics, DNA vaccine,
genomics, proteomics, quasi-species, xenotransplantation
improved coverage of ecology
and updated classification tables
extra diagrams and chemical
formulae incorporated in the main text
Henderson's Dictionary of
Biological Terms continues to provide an essential reference for students of any of the
biological sciences and for teachers and researchers.
717 pages