Dictionary of Genetics, 6th ed., Oxford University Press (CAT#: STEM-GLE-0897-LKN)

The sixth edition Dictionary of Genetics includes definitions of strictly genetic words along with a variety of non-genetic terms often encountered in the literature of genetics. There are about 7,000 definitions, and tables or drawings that illustrate 395 of these. A new Appendices covers the genomic sizes and gene numbers of about 30 organisms ranging from the smallest known virus to humans, an up-to-date listing of internet addresses for easy access to genetic databanks, and a list of developments, inventions and advances in genetics, cytology, and evolutionary science from the past 400 years.

Publication info: R. King and W. Stansfield, Oxford University Press, 2002, 544 pp., soft cover