Recent Advances and Issues in Biology

Recent Advances and Issues in Biology
ISBN-10
1573562343
ISBN-13
9781573562348
Category
Science
Pages
282
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Greenwood Publishing Group
Author
Leslie A. Mertz

Description

This book covers recent advances in biology within the past 4 years. Biologist and veteran science writer Leslie A. Mertz covers the past five years of advances in biology in this cutting-edge reference. Topics covered include biodiversity, ecosystem management and sustainable development, evolution, molecular biology, and genetics. Annotation. Emphasizing documents from the last three years, this reference portrays the field both as an area of knowledge and as a profession. It discusses current issues like biodiversity, global warming, and genetic engineering, focusing on recent controversies and new research. And, it offers a sketch of the profession, including brief biographies of important contemporary biologists. Mertz is a field biologist and author.

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