亨氏生物术语词汇(第12版)(英文版)

SincethepublicationoftheEleventhEditionofHenderson'sDictionaryofBio-logicalTermsnewwordshaveenteredthebiologicalvocabularyandoldoneshaveacquirednewandmoreprecisemeanings.Progressingenetics,cellbiologyandbiotechnologycontinuestoberapid,drivenbythegenomesequencingprogrammes,theuseofgenemanipulationandadvancesinexperimentalcellbiology.Theclassificationofthelivingworldfollowedinthiseditionreflectstherecentdivisionofalllivingthingsintothreedomainsorsuperkingdoms.Entriesinthebodyofthedictionaryaregivenforallthemainphyla,divisionsandclassesofplants,fungi,animals,protistsandprokaryotes(BacteriaandArchaea),withsomeordersbeingincludedforgroupssuchastheinsects,birds,mammalsandfiowet-ingplants.Therearealsoentriesundermanycommonnamesoforganisms.Theappendicesatthebackgiveafulleroutlineofthevariouskingdoms.Virusesarecoveredbyentriesforthemaingroupsandinanappendix.