A Dictionary of Genetics

Robert C. King, William D. Stansfield

530 pages, parution le 14/08/2002 (6^eme édition)

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Résumé

Genetics, the most rapidly advancing of the life sciences, has stimulated more diverse disciplines in the natural and social sciences than any other field. The fact that it has encouraged scientists of varied backgrounds -- anthropologists, chemists, computer specialists, engineers, mathematicians, paleontologists, physicians, and physicists -- to contribute to its development is one reason for its prodigious growth. Such growth is accompanied by a proliferation in terminology, which creates a problem both to beginning students and scientists from other disciplines who read papers by geneticists. Various terms, especially in molecular and cell biology, are newly coined and thus not found in any collegiate or biology dictionaries; in some cases, the terms are unknown to students with little or no background in taxonomy.
This much-needed fifth edition of the Dictionary of Genetics has been organized to provide a quick understanding to students and non-geneticists. It includes over 6,500 definitions of terms and species names relevant to the study of genetics. Also featured are a chronology that spans 400 years of genetic study and an extensive bibliography. The entries are for both strictly genetic terms and also nongenetic terms that are often encountered in the literature. Thus the book is helpful not only to beginning geneticists, but to anyone involved in life sciences.

Contents

A Dictionary of Genetics
Appendix A
Classification
Appendix B
Domesticated Species
Appendix C
Chronology
Index of Scientists Listed in the Chronology
Bibliography
Appendix D
Periodicals Cited in the Literature
Multijournal Publishers
Foreign Words Commonly Found in Scientific Titles
Appendix E
Genetic Databases

L'auteur - Robert C. King

Robert C. King, Professor of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Northwestern University (Emeritus)

L'auteur - William D. Stansfield

William D. Stansfield, Professor, Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University (Emeritus)

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Oxford University Press
Auteur(s)	Robert C. King, William D. Stansfield
Parution	14/08/2002
Édition	6^eme édition
Nb. de pages	530
Format	17,3 x 25,2
Couverture	Broché
Poids	925g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780195143256
ISBN13	978-0-19-514325-6