TY - BOOK AU - Cullen,Katherine E. TI - Encyclopedia of life science T2 - Facts on File science library SN - 9780816070084 AV - REF QH 309.2 .C85 2009 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Facts On File KW - Life sciences KW - Encyclopedias, Juvenile KW - Sciences de la vie KW - Encyclop�edies pour la jeunesse KW - ram N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008016224.html ER -