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.