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Worried about your maternal effect or biological clock? Need to know a rhizoid from a rhizome? Think you’re going to fail your zoology or botany exam? The Penguin Dictionary of Biology is your saviour, defining some 6000 terms relating to this rich, complex and constantly expanding subject - from amino acids, bacteria and the cell cycle to X-ray diffraction, Y chromosome and zygotes. Long established as the definitive single-volume source, this dictionary has sold over 200,000 copies and is extensively updated for its eleventh edition.

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The Penguin Dictionary of Biology

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    A Paperback / softback by Michael Hickman, Michael Thain, C. J. Hickman

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 26/08/2004
      ISBN13: 9780141013961, 978-0141013961
      ISBN10: 0141013966
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Worried about your maternal effect or biological clock? Need to know a rhizoid from a rhizome? Think you’re going to fail your zoology or botany exam? The Penguin Dictionary of Biology is your saviour, defining some 6000 terms relating to this rich, complex and constantly expanding subject - from amino acids, bacteria and the cell cycle to X-ray diffraction, Y chromosome and zygotes. Long established as the definitive single-volume source, this dictionary has sold over 200,000 copies and is extensively updated for its eleventh edition.

      Trade Review
      A marvelous compendium: accurate, clear and complete. (Matt Ridley, author of Genome)"

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