Mullis, Kary 47
multicopper oxidases 232
multienzyme 232
multigene family 232
multiheme 232
mummification 232,232,
233–236, 234, 235
mumps 113
Murphy, William Parry 222,
232, 236
muscle 3–4, 163, 220, 238,
309, 320
mutagen 236
mutagenesis 236,236–237
mutation 36, 91,91, 176,
177,181, 222, 231, 236,
237,237,247, 270
mutualism 237
mutual prodrug 237
MVP (minimum viable
population) 222
mycelium 237
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
331
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
(enzootic pneumonia) 115
mycorrhizae 237–238
myelin 238
myelin sheath 238
myelomeningocele 311–312
myiasis 238, 302
myocrisin (gold drug) 150
myofascial matrix 81
myofibril 238, 238
myoglobin 238, 324
myopia 238
myosin 3–4, 238
myriapods 97, 238–239, 239
myrmecophile 239
N
Nabokov, Vladimir 111
N-acetyl glucosamine (NAG)
262
N-acetyl muramic acid
(NAM) 262
NAD+ 241
NADH 241
NADP+ 241
NADPH 241
Naegleria fowleri 279
NAG (N-acetyl glucosamine)
262
nagana 330
naiad 241
NAM(N-acetyl muramic
acid) 262
nasopharynx 265
natron 233, 234
natural killer cell (NK cell)
210, 241
natural selection 97, 241,
313
NCE 244
NDA 241–242
Neanderthal 242
Nearctic 242
nearsightedness (myopia)
238
necrosis 242
negative antagonist (inverse
agonist) 181
negative cooperativity 82
negative feedback 242
negative geotropism 145
Nematocera 227
nematocyst 242
nematode (roundworm) 110,
159, 242, 242
neo-Darwinism 90
neoplasm 331, 346
Neosalvaran 107
neoteny 242
Neotropic 242
nephron 242
neritic zone 242
nerve impulses 208
nerve/nervous system research
5, 118, 150, 163
nervous system 31, 60,
263–264
net primary productivity
(NPP) 242–243
neural crest 243
neural folds 243
neural plate 243
neural tube 243
neurohypophysis 243, 268
neuromast 196
neuron 5, 61,227, 243, 306
neurophysiology 5
Neuroptera 243
neurosecretory cells 243
neurotransmitter 244
neurulation 243
neutral variation 244
neutron 244
neutrophil 199
new chemical entity (NCE)
244
new drug application (NDA)
241–242
New York tiger moth 24
niche 244
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henry
244
nicotinamide adenine
dinucleotide 241
nif 244
[NiFe]-hydrogenases 168
[NiFeSe]-hydrogenases 168
nitrate reductase 244
nitrates 92
nitrite reductase 244
nitrogenase 245
nitrogen cycle 379, 379
nitrogen fixation 245, 245Nitti, Filomena 49
NK cell (natural killer cell)
210, 241
NMR imaging 212
NMR (nuclear magnetic
resonance) spectroscopy
248–249
Nobel laureates relating to
biology 367–375
nocturnal 245
node 245
nodes of Ranvier 245–246
nomenclature 39
nonclassical isostere
(bioisostere) 40
noncoding DNA (junk DNA)
183
noncompetitive inhibitor 246
noncyclic electron flow 247
noncyclic
photophosphorylation 87,
247
nondisjunction 246, 247
nonintegral oxidation state
223
nonionizing radiation 283
nonpolar covalent bond 247
nonsense mutation 247, 270
nonsymbiotic mutualism 237
norepinephrine
(noradrenaline) 56, 129,
244
norm of reaction 247
notochord 247
NPP (net primary
productivity) 242–243
N-terminal amino acid
residue 15
nuclear envelope 60,247–248
nuclearity 248
nuclear magnetic resonance
(NMR) spectroscopy
248–249
nuclear organizer 249
nuclear pores 60,248, 249
nucleation 249
nucleic acid probe (DNA
probe) 248, 249
nucleic acids 249
nucleobases Seenucleosides
nucleoid 249
nucleolus 60,249–250
nucleosides 250
nucleosome 251
nucleotides 249, 251
nucleus 58, 61, 250, 251
null cell 210, 251
nullisomy 18
numerical taxonomy
(phenetics) 265
nuptial flight 251
nut 251
nyctinasty 251
nymph 241, 251O
oats stem rust 300
obligate aerobe 253
obligate anaerobe 253
obligatory halophyte 155
occipital lobe 62
oceanic zone 253, 262
octahedron Seecoordination
ODMR (optically detected
magnetic resonance) 254
OEC (oxygen-evolving
complex) 258
offspring generation (filial
generation ) 129
Okazaki fragments 98
olfaction 253
oligochaete 93, 253
oligodendrocyte 148
oligogyny 253
oligonucleotide 253
oligotrophic lake 253
omassum 300
ommatidium (ommatidia)
79, 79, 254
omnivore 254
oncogene 254, 278
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HemaTrace 45
ontogeny 254
oogamy 254
oogenesis 254
open circulatory system 254
operant conditioning 254
operator gene 254
operon 254
ophthalmology 153
opportunistic pleiotropy 270
opsonin 254
opsonization 254
optically detected magnetic
resonance (ODMR) 254
orbicule 313
order 255
organ 255
organelle 255
organic chemistry 255
organic solvent 309–310
organism 255
organization center
(organizer) 311
organ of Corti 74, 255
organogenesis 255
organ systems 255
organ transplantation 54
orgasm 255
Orientia tsutsugamushi 302
Ornithodorossp. 289
oropharynx 265
orphan drug 255
osmoconformer 255
osmolarity 255
osmoregulation 255
osmoregulator 255
osmosis 255–256394 Index