Biology Now, 2e

Credits ■ C3 p. 258 top left: Roland Birke/Getty Images; top center: Rainer Fuhrmann/Shutterstock; top right: Dr. Peter Siver/Vi ...

C4 fiffCredits Mark Goodreau/Alamy; bottom right: Jim Zipp/ National Audubon Society Collection/Science Source; p. 387: Abigail ...

Index ■ I1 Index Page numbers set in italic type refer to materials in figures or tables. A Abert’s squirrel, 236 abiotic factor ...

I2 fiffIndex atomic structure, 40, 41 atoms, defined, 14 , 40 ATP (adenosine triphosphate) Calvin cycle, 85, 86 from cellular re ...

Index ■ I3 C cacti, 218, 220 , 297 calcium amount in the body, 54 amount in Earth’s crust, 54 in bone, 305 in eggshells, 305 cal ...

I4 fiffIndex climate change. See also global warming consequences of, 326, 327 defined, 326 human actions as cause, 326 increase ...

Index ■ I5 Pekingese, 119 Pembroke Welsh corgis, 125 percentages of genes shared with humans, 309 poodles, 120 , 125 relationshi ...

I6 fiffIndex evolutionary trees (Continued) fungi, 294 lineage, or line of descent, 253 most recent common ancestor, 255 nodes o ...

Index ■ I7 Huntington disease, 144 , 147 lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD), 150 Marfan syndrome, 143 prenatal genetic screeni ...

I8 fiffIndex human microbiome, 270, 271, 280, 281. See also belly button swabs hummingbirds, 240, 360 Hunt, Patricia, 98–99, 100 ...

Index ■ I9 pre-mRNA, 178 RNA splicing, 178–79 synthesis by transcription, 174 , 178–79 translation at ribosome, 174 , 179–81 met ...

I10 fiffIndex orchids black-market plant trade, 286, 289, 292, 293 Dendrobium orchids, 286 lady slipper orchid (Paphiopedilum), ...

Index ■ I11 Pod Mrˇcaru (island), 232–34, 236 Podarcis sicula lizards cecal valves, 233 genetic divergence, 236 one or two speci ...

I12 fiffIndex “rock breathers” (microorganisms), 82–83, 90, 93 “rock eaters” (microorganisms), 83, 84, 87–88, 90, 93 Rodhocetus, ...

Index ■ I13 “Station Six” meteorites, 48 statistics correlation, 9, 28, 389 defined, 9 observational studies, 9 stick insects, 2 ...

I14 fiffIndex VRSA (Continued) horizontal gene transfer from Enterococcus, 221–22, 223, 226 natural selection and antibiotic res ...