religion and science 170
Remipedia 86
renal collecting tubule 75
Renaldini, Carlo 124
reniform 290
rennin-angiotensin-
aldosterone system (RAAS)
8
repetitive DNA 290
replication fork 290, 291
repolarization 93
repressible enzyme 290
repressor 290
repressor gene 254
Reptilia 208,290, 291
reservoir host 290
resin 234
resistance 290
resistance transfer factor
(RTF) 300
resolving power 290
resonance Raman
spectroscopy 292
resource partitioning 292
respiration 59,59, 292, 346
respiratory system 163, 292
resting potential 292
restriction enzyme 292
restriction fragment length
polymorphism (RFLPs) 46,
292
restriction site 292
resveratrol 267
rete mirabile 84
reticulate 292
reticulate venation 198
reticulum 300
retina 292–293, 293
retinue 293
retrovirus 293
reverse transcriptase 293
revision 293
RFLPs 46, 292
Rh blood types 196,
293–294
rheumatoid arthritis 150,
160–161, 186
rhizome 294
Rhodophyceae (red algae) 9
rhodopsin 294
Rhus toxicodendron 271
ribbon snake 53
ribonucleic acid (RNA) 217,
294, 294
ribonucleotide reductases
294
ribose 294
ribosomal RNA (rRNA) 294
ribosome 58,60,294, 295
ribozyme 294
ribs 308
ribulose-1,5-biphosphate
carboxylase/oxygenase
(Rubisco) 294–295
Richards, Dickson Woodruff,
Jr. 84, 295–296
Richet, Charles-Robert 296
rickettsia 296,297,302,
313, 332
Rieske iron-sulfur protein
296
rigor mortis 296
ring precipitin test 45
risk factor 296
rmax (intrinsic rate of
increase) 180
RNA (ribonucleic acid) 217,
294, 294
RNA polymerase 297
RNA processing 297
RNA splicing 297
Robbins, Frederick Chapman
113, 297–298
Robertsonian translocation
328
Rocky Mountain spotted
fever 297, 313
rod cell 298
rodent (Rodentia) 298
roentgen 298
Romaña’s sign 298
Romer, Olaus 124
root 298
root cap 298
root hair 298
root pressure 298
Ross, Ronald 298–299
rough endoplasmic reticulum
(rough ER) 60,114, 295,
299
roundworm Seenematode
royal jelly 300
Royal Society of London 166
R plasmid 269, 300
rRNA (ribosomal RNA) 294
r-selection 300
RTF (resistance transfer
factor) 300
rubisco 294–295
rubredoxin 300
rubrerythrin 300
rumen 300
ruminant 300
runner 300
rusts 300
Rutherford, Ernest 183
rye stem rust 300S
sacrum 340
St. John’s-wort; (Hypericum
perforatum) 158
Salientia (Anura) 16–17
saltatory conduction 246,
301
Salvarsan 107
samara 301Samia cynthia(ailanthus silk
moth) 201
SA node (sinoatrial node)
259, 301
sap 301
saprobe 301
saprophyte Seesaprobe
SAR (structure-activity
relationship) 316
SAR (systemic acquired
resistance) 320
Saratoga Springs (New York)
315
sarcolemma 238
sarcomere 301
sarcophagous 301
sarcoplasmic reticulum 301
Sarcopterygii 256
“Sassafras and Its
Lepidopteran Cohorts, or
Bigger and Better
Caterpillars through
Chemistry” (McCabe)
202–203
satellite cell 148
satellite RNA (viroid) 341
saturated fatty acid 125, 301
Saturniidae 200–203, 228
Saunders, William 111
savanna 301–302
scanning electron microscope
109
scavenger 302
Scheele, Karl 137
Schiff bases 302
schistosomiasis 348
schizophrenia 302
Schlerospongiae 260
school 302
Schuffner’s dots 146
Schwann cells 148, 238, 302
“Science and the Spiritual
Factor” (McConnell) 170
scientific method 302
scintillation counting
(scintigraphy) 49
sclereid 302
sclerenchyma cell 152, 302
scrapie 275
screwworm 302
scrotum 304
scrub typhus 302
seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay
fever) 77–79, 271, 285
sea squirt 334
seborrheic dermatitis 286
secondary compound
302–303
secondary consumer 303
secondary growth 303
secondary plant substances
202–203
secondary pleiotropy 270
secondary productivity 303secondary prophylaxis 276
secondary structure 277,
281, 303
secondary succession 303
second law of
thermodynamics 115, 303
second messenger 303
sedimentary rock 303
seed 303
segmentation 303
selection coefficient 303
selective permeability 303
self-incompatibility 304
self-pollination 304
semelparity 304
semen 304
semicircular canals 304
semilunar valve 304
seminiferous tubules 179,
304
semipermeable 304
sensation 304
sensory neuron 304
sensory receptor 304–305,
305
sepal 305
sequence 305
sequence-directed
mutagenesis See
mutagenesis
sequential polyandry 271
serial homology (homonomy)
165
serology 44–47, 48
serotonin 244, 267, 305
Sertoli cell 304
serum 269
sessile 305
sex chromosomes 305,
305–306, 353
sex-linked gene 306, 351
sexual dimorphism 306
sexual reproduction 306
sexual selection 306
Sherrington, Charles Scott
306
Shigella bacillus 103
shock 306
shock therapy 345
shoot system 306
short-beaked echidna 226
short-day plant 306
shortsightedness (myopia)
238
short tantem repeats (STR)
47
sib 307
sibling species 307
sickle cell 307
siderophore115, 307
sieve-tube member 307
signal peptide 307
signal transductions pathway
307Index 397