Rittner, Don.

Encyclopedia of biology / Don Rittner and Timothy L. McCabe. - New York : Facts On File, c2004. - xiv, 400 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. - Facts on File science library .

Table of Content

Introduction
Entries A-z
Features essays
Blood Identification through the ages''
Human Cytogenetics: Historical overview and latest developments''
The Karner blue- New York's endangered butterfly
Insects and man - An exotic dilemma
Science and the spiritual factor
Silk degrees: A tale pf moths and people, Part one
Sassafras and its Lepidopteran cohorts, or bigger and better Caterpillars through chemistry
Silk degrees: A tale of moths and people. Part two''
Egyptian mummies: brief history and radiological studies''


Includes Index: p 283 - 400

Contains approximately 800 alphabetical entries, prose essays on important topics, line illustrations, and black-and-white photographs.

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Biology--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
Biology--Encyclopedias.

570.3 / RIT