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Inheritance: Gametogenesis in Plants and Animals

Gametogenesis in Plants and AnimalsInheritanceIntroductionGenes at Work: Mendel's BreakthroughMeiosis and Sexual ReproductionGametogenesis in Plants and AnimalsRegulation of Gene Expression in…

Croce, Benedetto

(Encyclopedia) Croce, BenedettoCroce, Benedettobānādĕtˈtō krôˈchā [key], 1866–1952, Italian philosopher, historian, and critic. He lived mostly in Naples, devoting himself to studying and writing. He…

James V, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia) James V, 1512–42, king of Scotland (1513–42), son and successor of James IV. His mother, Margaret Tudor, held the regency until her marriage in 1514 to Archibald Douglas, 6th earl of…

Kipling, Rudyard

(Encyclopedia) Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936, English author, b. Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Educated in England, Kipling returned to India in 1882 and worked as an editor on a Lahore paper. His early…

fiber

(Encyclopedia) fiber, threadlike strand, usually pliable and capable of being spun into a yarn. Many different fibers are known to be usable; some 40 of these are of commercial importance, and others…

Bryophyta

(Encyclopedia) BryophytaBryophytabrīˈəfīˌtə, brīˌəfīˈtə [key], division of green land plants that includes the mosses (class Bryopsida), the liverworts (Marchantiopsida), and the hornworts (…

Kunitz, Stanley Jasspon

(Encyclopedia) Kunitz, Stanley JassponKunitz, Stanley Jassponky&oomacr;ˈnĭts [key], 1905–2006, American poet, teacher, and editor, b. Worcester, Mass. He graduated from Harvard (B.A., 1926; M.A…

Shepard, Sam

(Encyclopedia) Shepard, Sam, 1943–2017, one of the major American playwrights and actors of his era, b. Fort Sheridan, Ill., as Samuel Shepard Rogers 3d. A product of the 1960s counterculture and an…

Menacing Monster Guide

/* /*]]>*/ Fact Monster'sMenacing Monster Guide by David Johnson GoblinsFrom their birthplace in France, these nasty, hideous cousins of gnomes have spread all over Europe. When they entered…

Examples of Systematic Classification (table)

(Encyclopedia) Examples of Systematic Classification Common Name Species Name Genus Family Order Class Phylum (Division) Kingdom Humans Homo sapiens Homo Hominidae Primates Mammalia Chordata…