craniosacral division
(parasympathetic division)
31, 89, 260
crassulacean acid metabolism
(CAM) 51–52
Crenarchaeota 25
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
275
Cri du Chat syndrome 91
crista 84
critical flicker frequency
(flicker fusion rate) 131
Croll, James 84–86
Cro-Magnon 86
crossbreed (interbreed) 178
cross fertilization 127
crossing over (recombination)
86
cross-pollination 86
cross-reactivity 86
Crustacea 86,90, 256
crustose lichens 204
cryptic 86
cryptic coloration 86, 177
Cryptosporidium parvum 279
crystal field theory 86
CSF (colony-stimulating
factor) 76
CT (computed tomography)
234–235
Ctenocephalides canis 131
Ctenocephalides felis 131
C-term 212
C-terminal amino acid residue
15
Culex pipiens 227
Culicidae197, 227
Curie relation Seemagnetic
susceptibility
cuticle 86
Cyamoidea 156
cyanobacteria 8, 86
Cyanophyta 8–9
cybernetics 87
cyclic AMP (cAMP; 3’,5’-
AMP) 5, 87, 318
cyclic electron flow 87
cyclin 87,230–231
cyclin-dependent kinase 87
Cycloidea 156
Cyclospora caytanensis 279
cymose inflorescence 175,
175–176
Cyrtopholisspp. 321
cytochrome 87
cytochrome-c oxidase 87
cytochrome P-450 87
cytogenetic map 142, 144
cytogenetics 67–68
cytokine 87
cytokinesis 87–88, 223
cytoplasm 60, 88
cytoplasmic determination
88
cytoplasmic streaming 88
cytoskeleton 88
cytosol 88
cytotrophoblast 330
cytoxic T cell (T killer cell)
88, 322D
Dale, Henry Hallet 89
dalton 89
Dalton, John 89
Dam, Henrik 89–90
dandy fever (dengue) 92
dark reaction 51
Darwinian fitness 90
Darwinism 90, 151
daughter isotope 284
day-nerutral plants 90
DDT 231–232
decapods 90
deciduous 90
deciduous forest 322
decomposers 90
decumbent (prostrate) 90
deep sea circulation 86
dehiscent 90
dehydration reaction
(condensation reaction)
80, 91
dehydroepiandrosterone 18
dehydrogenase 91
deletion 91,91, 176
deme 91
demography 91
Demospongiae 260
denaturation 91
dendrite 91–92, 243
dendrochronology 92, 135
dendrogram 92
dengue (dandy fever) 92
denitrification 92
De-nol 92
de novo design 92
density 92
density-dependent factor 92
density-dependent inhibition
92
density-independent factor
92
denticity 92
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
92,93, 141, 291
deoxyribose 93
depolarization 93
deposit-feeder 93
Dermacentor andersoni 313
Dermacentor variabilis 297,
313
dermal tissue system 93–94,
94
dermatitis (rash) 285–286
descendant character 270
desferal. Seedesferrioxaminedesferrioxamine (dfo) 94
desirudin 164
desmosome 94
determinate cleavage (mosaic
cleavage) 94
determinate growth 94
determination 94
detritus 94–95
detrivore 95
Deuteromycetes 173
deuterostome 42, 95
Devonian period 95
dextrorotatory sugar 149
dfo (desferrioxamine) 94
diabetes mellitus 95, 178
diamagnetic 95
diaphragm 95
diastereoisomers 95
diastole 95
diatomaceous earth 9
diatoms 9, 65, 95
dichotomous 96
dicotyledons (dicots) 19, 84,
96
dictyostele 314
diencephalon 161, 324
differentiation 96
diffusion 96, 260
Digenea 132
digestion 96
digestive process 261
digestive track 78
dihybrid cross 96
dihydrofolate 96
dihydrotestosterone 18, 323
dikaryon 96
dikaryotic 96
dimorphism 97
Dinophyceae (dinoflagellates)
9
dinosaurs 97
dinuclear 248
dioecious 97
diose 226
dioxygenase 97
diphtheria 128
diploid cell 97
diploidy 67
diplomonads 26
diplopods 97
Diptera 97
directional selection 97
Dirig, Robert 112
disaccharide 97
dismutase 97
dismutation 98
dispersion 98
disposition Seedrug
disposition
disproportionation
(dismutation) 98
disruptive selection
(diversifying selection) 98
dissimilatory 98dissimilatory nitrite reductase
244
dissociation constant 313
distomer 98
diversifying selection
(disruptive selection) 98
Dixon, Henry Horatio 183
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)
92,93, 141, 291
DNA fingerprinting 129
DNA ligase 98
DNA map (genetic map)
142, 144
DNA methylation 98
DNA polymerase 98
DNA probe 98
DNA probe (nucleic acid
probe) 248, 249
docking studies 98
dodo 99
Doisy, Edward Adelbert
99–100
Domagk, Gerhard Johannes
Paul 100
domain 100
dominance hierarchy 100
dominant allele 100
dominant behavior 6–7
donor atom symbol 100
dopamine 244
double-blind study 101
double circulation 101
double clutching 174
double fertilization 101, 127
double helix 101, 291
double prodrug (pro-prodrug)
101
Down’s syndrome 101,
101–102
dragonfly 241
Drosophila melanogaster
(fruit fly) 226
drug 102
drug disposition 102
drug latentiation 102
drug regulation 133
drug targeting 102
drumlin 102
drupe 102
dual-action drug 102
duck-billed platypus 226
duplication 102, 102
dwarfism 102–103
dynamic area 222
dynein 103, 103
dysentery 103E
ear 34, 37, 55, 72,72, 73
ear drum (tympanic
membrane) 332
earthworms 93, 158, 253
Ebola virus 293Index 387