EXAFS (extended X-ray
absorption fine structure)
121
exaptation 120
excitatory postsynaptic
potential (EPSP) 120
excretion 121
exegetic reaction 121
exercise physiology 192
exine 313
exobiology 121
exocrine gland 146–147
exocytosis 121
exogenous 121
exon 121
exoskelton 121
exothermic 121
exotoxin 121
experimental morphogenesis
311
expiration 84, 209
exponential population
growth 121
expression 121
extended X-ray absorption
fine structure (EXAFS)
121
extinct species 121
extirpated species 122
extracellular matrix (ECM)
122, 122
extraembryonic membranes
122
extrinsic asthma 122
eye 153, 292–293, 293
F
F1 generation 129
F2 generation 129
F-430 83, 123
facilitated diffusion 123
facultative anaerobe 123,
123
facultative epiphyte 117
facultative halophyte 155
facultative heterochromatin
161
facultative organism 123
facultative saprophyte 123
facultative symbiont 123
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel
123–125
fallopian tube (oviduct) 256
family 125
FAP (fixed action pattern)
130, 290
farsightedness 125
fascia (connective tissue) 81
fat (triacylglycerol) 125, 206
fatty acids 125,333–334
fauna 125–126
FDA (Food and Drug
Administration ) 133
feedback inhibition (end-
product inhibition) 126
[Fe]-hydrogenases 168
female 126
FeMo-cofactor 126
femur 308
Fenton reaction 126
fermentation 126
ferns 13, 20
ferredoxin 126
ferric uptake regulator (fur)
135
ferriheme 126
ferritin 126
ferrochelatase 126
ferroheme 126
ferromagnetic 126
fertilization 127, 127
[2Fe-2S] 127
[4Fe-4S] 127
fetus 127
F factor 127
fiber 127–128
Fibiger, Johannes Andreas
Grib 128
fibril 128
fibrin 128, 160
fibrinogen 160
fibroblast (fibrocyte) 128
fibula 308
fiddler crab (Uca pugnax) 11
fight-or-flight reaction 117,
129
filial generation (offspring
generation) 129
filter feeding 129
fimbriae 267
fimbriae (pilus) 267
fingerprinting, DNA 129
fingerprints 138
Finsen, Niels Ryberg
129–130
fire cycle 111, 112
firefly (lightning bug) 130
first law of thermodynamics
115, 130
fish 256
FISH (fluorescence in situ
hybridization) 44,67–68
fission (binary fission) 38,
38, 130
fission track dating 284
fixation 130
fixed action pattern (FAP)
130, 290
flaccid 130
flagellum (flagella) 58, 130
flanking region 130
flatworms (Platyhelminths)
130–131, 132
flavin 131
Flavivirussp. 92
Flaxedil (gallamine) 48–49
flea 64, 131Fleming, Alexander 20, 131
flicker fusion rate (critical
flicker frequency) 131
flora 131
Florentine thermometers 124
Florey, Howard Walter 62,
131, 131–132
flower 132
fluid feeder 132
fluid mosaic model 132
fluke 132
fluorescence in situ
hybridization (FISH) 44,
67–68
fly maggots 238
FMR-1 134
folate coenzymes 132–133
foliose lichens 204
folivore 133
follicle 133
follicle-stimulating hormone
(FSH) 151, 268
Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) 133
food chain 133
food web 133
foramen 227
forensics 44, 133
forensic serology 44–47
formation constant See
stability constant
formula 133
Forssmann, Werner Theodor
Otto 84, 133–134
Forssmann’s procedure 84
fossil 134, 161, 174, 199
founder effect 134
fragile X syndrome 134
fragmentation 134
frameshift mutation 134, 270
Fraser darling effect (darling
effect) 90
fraternal 134, 332
free energy 134
free radical 134, 283
freshwater 134
Fritts, Harold Clark
134–135
frond 135
frontal lobe 62
frontal sinus 307
frugivore 135
fruit 135
fruit fly (Drosophila
melanogaster) 226
fruiting body 135
fruticose lichens 204
FSH (follicle-stimulating
hormone) 151, 268
functional group 135
Fungi 8–9, 29, 36, 135,173,
204–205
fur (ferric uptake regulator)
135G
G0, G1, G2 phases 57
GAG (glycosaminoglycan) 8
gallamine (Flaxedil) 48–49
gallic acid 137
galls (hypertrophies) 137
Galton, Francis 137–138
galvanometer 108
gametangium 138
gamete 127, 138
gametophyte 138
gamma band Seesoret band
ganglion 138
gap 0, 1, 2 phases 57
gap junction 138
garlic mustard 158
gastric mill (gizzard) 146
gastrin 138
gastropod 138–139, 308
gastrovascular cavity 139
gastrula 139
gastrulation 139
gated ion channel 139
Gause’s law (competitive
exclusion principle) 76
g-bands 146
G-CSF (macrophage-colony-
stimulating factor) 76
gel diffusion method 45
gel electrophoresis 139
gene 139,139–140
genealogy 140, 262
gene amplification 140
gene cloning 140
gene expression 140
gene flow 140
gene mapping Seegenetic
map
gene pool 140
genera (genus) 143
generation time 140
gene therapy 140,142, 143
genetic code 140
genetic drift 11–12, 134,
140, 142
genetic engineering 142
genetic linkage 226
genetic map (DNA map) 44,
142, 144
genetic predisposition 274
genetic recombination 142
genetics 137–138, 142,216,
226–227, 231
Gengou, Octave 48
genome 142
genomic imprinting 143
genomic library 143
genotype 143
genus (genera) 143
geographic range 143
geological time 143, 145,
183, 381, 381
geosynclines 145
geotropism 145Index 389