With over 22,000 entries, Henderson's Dictionary of Biology continues to be an essential reference for students, teachers and researchers within any of the biological sciences. This fourteenth edition has updated and revised many existing definitions, and has included new terms from exciting areas such as bioinformatics, proteomics, and genomics.
Preface to the Fourteenth Edition
Abbreviations
Units and Conversions
SI Prefixes
Greek Alphabet
Common Latin and Greek Noun Endings
THE DICTIONARY
Appendices
1. An Outline of the Plant Kingdom (Domain Eukarya)
2. An Outline of the Kindgom Fungi (Domain Eukarya)
3. An Outline of the Animal Kingdom (Domain Eukarya)
4. An Outline of the Kingdoms Protoctista and Stramenopila (Domain Eukarya)
5. An Outline of the Domain Bacteria
6. An Outline of the Domain Archaea
7. Virus Families
8. Geological Timescale
9. Etymological Origins of Some Common Word Elements in Biology