Encyclopedia of life science / Katherine Cullen.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Facts on File science libraryPublication details: New York : Facts On File, c2009.Description: 2 v. (xii, 806 p., 29 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780816070084
  • 0816070083
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Encyclopedia of life science.LOC classification:
  • REF QH 309.2 .C85 2009
Online resources:
Contents:
Feature essays: The colony collapse disorder crisis for honeybees / by Zachary Huang -- Bioinformatics : sequence alignment algoriths / by Jason S. Rawlings -- Structure-function relationships in life science / by Lisa M. Dorn -- Partners in protection : cooperative approaches to protecting wide-ranging species / by Rachel Mazur -- The effects of global change on tropical forests / by Kenneth J. Feeley -- Adaptation or not : how to tell the difference / by James Wagner -- Gene therapy and cystic fibrosis / by Caleb Hodson -- Epigenetics : regulation above the genome / by Alexandra Silveira -- The biology of ADHD / by Peggy Shadduck Palombi -- The childhood obesity epidemic / by Sharon Brown -- Model organisms for life science research / by Michael L. Goodson -- Stem cells : the next major medical breakthrough? / by Jacob P. Harney.
Summary: Presents over two hundred alphabetically arranged entries on fundamental concepts, principles, theories, biographies, sub-disciplines, common methods, and techniques relevant to life sciences, with twelve essays, illustrations, and historical perspectives on the scientists who contribute to the field.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Feature essays: The colony collapse disorder crisis for honeybees / by Zachary Huang -- Bioinformatics : sequence alignment algoriths / by Jason S. Rawlings -- Structure-function relationships in life science / by Lisa M. Dorn -- Partners in protection : cooperative approaches to protecting wide-ranging species / by Rachel Mazur -- The effects of global change on tropical forests / by Kenneth J. Feeley -- Adaptation or not : how to tell the difference / by James Wagner -- Gene therapy and cystic fibrosis / by Caleb Hodson -- Epigenetics : regulation above the genome / by Alexandra Silveira -- The biology of ADHD / by Peggy Shadduck Palombi -- The childhood obesity epidemic / by Sharon Brown -- Model organisms for life science research / by Michael L. Goodson -- Stem cells : the next major medical breakthrough? / by Jacob P. Harney.

Presents over two hundred alphabetically arranged entries on fundamental concepts, principles, theories, biographies, sub-disciplines, common methods, and techniques relevant to life sciences, with twelve essays, illustrations, and historical perspectives on the scientists who contribute to the field.

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