Dictionary of Biology Eleventh Edition.DICTIONARY OF BIOLOGY Eleventh Edition M. THAIN AND M. HICKMAN, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. . The revisions reflected in this volume aren't as extensive as those of the 10th edition, but they include what could be some of the most significant advances in biology ever, including the mapping of the genomes of people and of several other species. The 400 new topics and terms covered in this dictionary this dictionary - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing describe updated understanding of RNA RNA: see nucleic acid. RNA in full ribonucleic acid One of the two main types of nucleic acid (the other being DNA), which functions in cellular protein synthesis in all living cells and replaces DNA as the carrier of genetic , plant disease, artificial intelligence, and Bayesian statistics. The additions bring to about 6,000 the number of terms defined, ranging from amino acids, bacteria, and the cell cycle to X-ray diffraction, Y chromosomes, and zygotes. Every aspect of biology is covered, including the core vocabularies for biochemistry, immunology, paleoanthropology, evolutionary theory
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