sign stimulus 307
silent mutilation 270
“Silk Degrees: A Tale of
Moths and People”
(Barbour) 200–202,
228–230
silk moths 200–202,
228–230
simultaneous polyandry 271
sinigrin 203
sink habitat 307
sinoatrial (SA) node 259
sinus 307
Siphonaptera 131
siroheme 307
sister chromatids 307
sister species 307
site-directed mutagenesis 237
site-specific delivery 308
skeletal muscle 308
skeleton 308, 308
Skinner, Burrhus Friederich
254
skull 308
sleeping sickness 330,
348–349
sliding filament model 308
slime-blotch disease 115
slugs 308
small nuclear
ribonucleoprotein (snRNP)
308
small pox virus 342
smell (olfaction) 253
smooth endoplasmic
reticulum (smooth ER) 60,
114, 308–309
smooth muscle 309
smuts 309
snRNP (small nuclear
ribonucleoprotein) 308
society 309
sociobiology 309
SOD (superoxide dismutases)
317
sodium-potassium pump 4,
309
soft acid 156
soft base 156
soft drug 309
software and animations
sources 365–366
solenostele 314
solute 309
solution 309
solvation 309
solvent 309–310
solvolysis 310
somatic cell 310
somatic nervous system 31,
310
somatomedins 153
sonar 310
soredia 205
soret band 310
Soule, Caroline 228
source habitat 310
Southern blotting 46, 310
spawning 310
SPC (structure-property
correlations) 316
speciation 11–12, 289, 310,
313, 319
species 310
species diversity 310
species richness 310
species selection 310
specific heat 310
specificity 310–311
spectal karyotyping 68
spectrophotometer 311
Spemann, Hans 311
spematogonia 304
sperm 3,127, 127, 311
spermatogenesis 311
Spermatophyta 13
sperm duct (vas deferens)
338–339
S phase 311
sphenoid sinus 307
sphincter 311
sphingosyl phosphatide 266
spiders (Arachnida) 48, 297,
311, 321
spike 175, 176
spina bifida
(myelomeningocele)
311–312
spin adduct 312
spindle 223, 312
spine (backbone) 308,339,
340
spin label 312
spinnerets 311
spin-orbit coupling 312
spin probe 312
spin-spin coupling 312
spin trapping 312
spiny anteater 226
spiral cleavage 312
spirochetes 312
Spirogyra 9
spleen 312
spliceosome 308, 312
splitter 312
sponges (Parazoa) 260
spongy parenchyma 260
spontaneous generation
(autogenesis model) 31
sporangium 312–313
spore 313
sporophyte 313
sporopollenin 313
spot desmosome (macula
adherens) 94
spotted fever (Rocky
Mountain spotted fever)
297, 313squamulose lichens 204
square plane See
coordination
stability constant 313
stabilizing selection 313
stable 313
stains/staining 107, 146, 150,
151
stamen 313, 314
Staphylococcus aureus 286
starch 313
stasipatric speciation 313
stasis dermatitis 286
statocyst 314
statoliths 314
steady state 314
stele 314, 314
stellacyanin 315
stem cell 270, 315
stereochemical 315
stereogenic unit 289
stereoisomer 315
stereoisomerism 182
stereoselective synthesis
(asymmetric synthesis) 30
steroid hormone 315
Stevens-Johnson syndrome
315
stimulus 315
stochastic 315
stock number Seeoxidation
number
stoma 315
stomochord 340
stone cabbage (stromatolite)
315, 316
stone cells (sclereid) 302
stoneworts (Charophyceae) 9
storage lipids 125
STR (short tantem repeats) 47
strand 315
Streptococcus pneumoniae
33
streptomycin 346
strict aerobe 315
strict anaerobe 315
stroma 315
stromatolite 315, 316
Stromer, Martin 59
structural formula 316, 316
structural isomerism 182
structural phospholipids 125
structure-activity relationship
(SAR) 316
structure-based design 316
structure-property
correlations (SPC) 316
suberin 56, 83
sublittoral zone 207
subspecies 316
substitution 176
substrate 316
substrate-level
phosphorylation 316subunit 317
succession 317
succulent 317
sugar 226, 317
sulfa drugs 100
sulfite reductase 317
sulfur cycle 380, 380
superhyperfine 109
superior ovary (hypogynous
ovary) 171
superoxide dismutases (SOD)
317
suppressor T cell (T8 cell;
CD8 cell) 72, 317, 322
supramolecular chemistry
317
suprarenal glands (adrenal
glands) 5
surface tension 317
survivorship curve 317
suspension 318
suspension feeder
(suspensivore) 318
sustainable 318
sustainable agriculture 318
sustainable development 318
Sutherland, Earl W., Jr. 318
swallowtails 203
swim bladder 318
symbiont 318
symbiosis 76, 204–205, 318
symbiotic mutualism 237
sympathetic division
318–319
sympathetic nervous system
31
sympathetic speciation 319
symplast 319
symplesiomorph 319
symptom 319
syn 20
synapomorphy 319
synapse 319
synapsis 319
synaptic cleft 273
synaptic terminal 319
syncytiotrophoblast 330
syndrome 319
synergism 319
syngamy 185, 319
synonyms 319
synthase 319
synthetase (ligase) 205
syphilis 107, 345
syringin 203
system 319
systematics 319
systemic 320
systemic acquired resistance
(SAR) 320
systole 320
systolic pressure 320
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