A dictionary of genetics

"Concise definitions of some 5000 terms frequently encountered in the genetics literature, along with relevant terms from physics, mathematics, chemistry, psychology, and other fields." Human genetics covered comprehensively. Includes diagrams, tables, and structural formulas for biological compounds. Expanded appendixes include historical chronology; list of periodicals; laboratories; teaching aids; and list of gene localizations and other properties of human chromosomes. 1st. ed., 1968; 2d ed., 1972.