Dictionary of Genetics - Hardcover

King, Robert C.; Stansfield, William D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195143248 ISBN 13: 9780195143249

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Modern genetics began in 1900 with the rediscovery of Mendel's paper, and now the sequencing of the human genome has brought the first century of progress in this field to a triumphant conclusion. Genetics has entered a new era with the advent of genomic and proteomic approaches, and the knowledge in no other biological discipline is advancing as rapidly as that in molecular genetics and cell biology. Proliferation of new terms inevitably accompanies such exponential growth. The sixth edition of A Dictionary of Genetics addresses the need of students and professionals to have access to an up-to-date reference source that defines not only the most recently coined terms, but in many cases also presents important ancillary encyclopedic information.
A Dictionary of Genetics has a broader coverage than its name implies, since it includes definitions of strictly genetic words along with a variety of non-genetic terms often encountered in the literature of genetics. There are about 7,000 definitions, and tables or drawings that illustrate 395 of these. In addition to the main body of the dictionary, this work features new Appendices covering the genomic sizes and gene numbers of about 30 organisms ranging from the smallest known virus to humans, an up-to-date listing of internet addresses for easy access to genetic databanks, and a list of developments, inventions and advances in genetics, cytology, and evolutionary science from the past 400 years. These 900 entries, covering a period from 1590 to 2001, are also cross-referenced in the definitions that occur in the body of the dictionary. No other genetics dictionary supplies definitions cross-referenced to chronology entries or has species entries cross-referenced to an appendix showing the position of each organism in a taxonomic hierarchy. These features make A Dictionary of Genetics the most important lexicon in this field.

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About the Author

Robert C. King is an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology at Northwestern University. He has published 117 papers and review articles in the field of genetic control of insect oogenesis and has written several books.
William D. Stansfield is an Emeritus Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at California Polytechnic State University. He has published numerous books including The Science of Evolution, Theory and Problems in Genetics, and Death of a Rat: Understandings and Appreciations of Science.

From Library Journal

A source for identifying specialized terminology is essential to keeping up with any growing field of research. This dictionary admirably satisfies that need, drawing from genetics and other related disciplines.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0195143248
• ISBN 13: 9780195143249
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 544