Books in the Harvard Books in Biology series

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Implicit in this observation are the two basic doctrines of infectious disease, that each is due to a specific microorganism and that postinfectious immunity is also specific. It is no accident that experimental work on immunology, and for that matter on virology, dates from Jenner's famous experiment with 'matter' from the finger of the dairymaid, Sarah Phelps.

Praised as "one of those rare scientific books that can be read both for pleasure and instruction" when it was first published, "The Life of Yeasts" now appears in a new edition incorporating the exciting developments of the last decade.This book is written for the nonspecialist who wishes to understand the yeasts, but not necessarily to become an expert on them. The new edition covers recent and major advances in the morphology, physiology, genetics, and ecology of these organisms, which have long been important in commerce and medicine and are ever more studied in the laboratory as prototypical eukaryotes.

Exploring what he considers to be the outstanding aspects of fish biology, Mr. Marshall surveys the present knowledge in the field and suggests possibilities for future investigation. He considers the causes of the overwhelming predominance of the teleost fishes, discusses the biology of deep-sea fishes, and studies such aspects of dynamic design as body form, fin pattern, muscular organization, and certain neural features in relation to movement and water.