Encyclopedia of Biology

Ambrosia (ragweed) 77–78, 285 amicyanin 13 amines 15 amino acid 13–14, 14 amino acid residue 14–15 amino acid symbols 15 aminoac ...

binding constant. See stability constant binding sites 38 binomial (binomial name) 38–39 binuclear 39 bioassay 39 bioavailabilit ...

Chagas’ disease 298 Chain, Ernst Boris 62,131, 132 channels 62, 260 chaparral 62 chaperonin 62–63 character 63 character displac ...

craniosacral division (parasympathetic division) 31, 89, 260 crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) 51–52 Crenarchaeota 25 Creutzfel ...

eccentricity, Earth’s orbit 85 ecdysone 105 ecdysterone 105 ECF-A (eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis) 116 echinoderm ...

EXAFS (extended X-ray absorption fine structure) 121 exaptation 120 excitatory postsynaptic potential (EPSP) 120 excretion 121 e ...

germination 146 gestalt 146 g-factor Seeelectron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy Giardia lamblia(giardiasis) 26, 279 gibbere ...

Homoptera 162, 165 Homo sapiens 86 Homo sapiens neanderthalensis 242 homosexual 165 homosporous 166 homozygous 166 honeybee 158 ...

Isoptera (termites) 120, 182 isosteres 182 isotonic solutions 182 isotope 182 isotropy 182 Ixodes 182 J J (joule) 183 Jeffreys, ...

macroevolution 211 macromolecule 211 macrophage-colony- stimulating factor (G-CSF) 76 macrophages 211, 264 macula 335 macula adh ...

Mullis, Kary 47 multicopper oxidases 232 multienzyme 232 multigene family 232 multiheme 232 mummification 232,232, 233–236, 234, ...

osmotic pressure 256 Osteichthyes 256 osteoarthritis 55 osteoblast 128 osteon (Haversian system) 157 osteoporosis 256 ostracoder ...

polar covalent bond 271 polar molecule 271 polio 113, 298, 348 pollen 271 pollen allergy 77–79, 271, 285 pollination 86, 271, 30 ...

religion and science 170 Remipedia 86 renal collecting tubule 75 Renaldini, Carlo 124 reniform 290 rennin-angiotensin- aldostero ...

sign stimulus 307 silent mutilation 270 “Silk Degrees: A Tale of Moths and People” (Barbour) 200–202, 228–230 silk moths 200–202 ...

T T4 cell (helper T cell) 72, 159, 322 T8 cell (suppressor T cell) 72, 317, 322 taiga 321 tailless whip scorpion 29 Takayama tes ...

Uredinales (rusts) 300 Urediniomycetes (rusts) 300 ureter 334 urethra 334 uric acid 334 Urochordata 340 urochordate 334 Urodela ...