Encyclopedia of Biology

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF biology don rittner and Timothy L. McCabe, Ph.D. ...

Encyclopedia of Biology Copyright © 2004 by Don Rittner All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized ...

Dedicated to Louis F. Ismay and John F. Roach Two superb teachers who taught me to always ask why and to my family Nancy, Christ ...

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CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Preface xi Introduction xiii Entries A–Z 1 Feature Essays: “Blood Identification through the Ages” b ...

“Sassafras and Its Lepidopteran Cohorts, or Bigger and Better Caterpillars through Chemistry” by Timothy L. McCabe, Ph.D. 202 “S ...

ix We would like to thank the following for their generosity in helping to make this book as complete as possible, especially in ...

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PREFACE xi Despite the often extreme specialization and intimate knowledge required tomake a contribution to science, most scien ...

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INTRODUCTION xiii Facts On File’s Encyclopedia of Biologyis a reference to help in under- standing the basic concepts in biology ...

world. The future hope of nanotechnology, using small robots to scurry through our bodies to fix organs or cure disease, is clos ...

ENTRIES A–Z ...

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ABO blood groups Blood group antibodies (A, B, AB, O) that may destroy red blood cells bearing the anti- gen to which they are d ...

ofvolcanic creation. Food-producing organisms at this depth are chemoautotrophic prokaryotes and not pho- tosynthetic producers. ...

(eating away) of marble structures and the acidifica- tion of freshwater lakes (consequently killing fish). Natural interactions ...