Chambers biology dictionary. / Peter M. B. Walker.

Contains some 10 000 definitions, including 3000 in zoology, 2500 in botany, 1200 in biochemistry, molecular biology and genetics. There are also copious entries on animal and human behaviour, immunology, ecology, chemistry, medicine, radiology and statistics. A major feature of Chambers Biology Dictionary is the series of special articles. Many of these articles are illustrated and they supply fuller treatments of important and difficult subjects than are generally found in such a comprehensive dictionary. There are articles on AIDS, bacteria, cell cycle, cell wall, chloroplast, chromosome banding, compliment, fermentation, the genetic code, genetic manipulation, immunoglobulin structure, major metabolic pathways, photosynthesis, restriction and modification, steroid hormones, thymus antigens and cells, and important cellular structures and biological techniques.