Isoptera (termites) 120, 182
isosteres 182
isotonic solutions 182
isotope 182
isotropy 182
Ixodes 182
J
J (joule) 183
Jeffreys, Alec 46
jelly lichens 204
joint 183
Joly, John 183
joule (J) 183
jumping gene Seetransposon
junk DNA (noncoding DNA)
183
Jurassic period 183
juvenile 183
juvenile hormone 183
juxtaglomerular apparatus
183–184
K
kala-azar (Leishmaniasis)
185, 264
kame 185
kappa convention 100
Karner blue butterfly 11,
111–112
“The Karner Blue—New
York’s Endangered
Butterfly” (Dirig) 111–112
karyogamy 127, 185
karyotype 144, 185, 186
kcal (kilocalorie) 51 ok, 187
kelp 185
Kendall, Edward C. 161,
185–186
keratin 186
ketose 226
keystone predator 186–187
kidney 187
kidney nephron loop 84
kilocalorie (kcal) 51, 187
kilodalton (kDa) 89
kilogram 187
kinematics 187
kinesis 187
kinetic energy 187
kinetochore 187
kinetochore fibers 187
kinetosome (basal body) 35,
187
kingdom 188, 188
kinocilium 188
kinship 188
kinship coefficient 74
Klamath weed 158
klinotaxis 189
Koch, Robert189–190
Kocher, Theodor Emil 190
Koch’s postulates 190
Korarchaeota 25
Kossel, Ludwig Karl Martin
Leonhard Albrecht
190–191
Krakatoa 191
Krebs, Hans Adolf 191
Krebs cycle 191,192,380,
380
Krogh, Schack August
Steenberg 191–193
krummholz 192, 193
K-selection 193
k-T boundary 193
kuru (trembling disease) 193,
275L
labile 195
lability 195
laccase 195
lactate (lactic acid) 195
lacteal 195
lactic acid (lactate) 195
lactoferrin 195
ladybug 158–159
lagging strand 195–196
Lamarckism 196
lamella 221
lamin 231
Laminariales 185
lampreys 6
land bridges 196
Landsteiner, Karl 1, 46, 196
lanthanides 209
larva 196, 241
laryngopharynx 265
latentiated drug 102
lateral canal 196–197
lateral line system 196–197
lateral meristem 197
Laurasia 197, 259
lava 197
Laveran, Charles-Louis-
Alphonse 197
Law of Conservation of
Energy 115, 130
law of equal segregation
197–198
Law of Increased Entropy
(second law of
thermodynamics) 303
law of independent
assortment 198
LDL (low-density lipoprotein)
64, 207
lead 206, 207 (fission track
dating) 284
lead discovery 198
lead generation 198
leading strand 198
lead optimization 198
leaf primordia 198leaf veins 198
learned behavior 30, 69, 177,
198,254, 261
leghemoglobin 198
legume 198
Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm
124
Leishmaniasis (kala-azar)
185, 264
lek 198
lemur 198
lenticle 198
Leonardo da Vinci 198–199
Lepidoptera 199, 199,
200–203
lepirudin 164
Leptinotarsa decemlineata
(Colorado potato beetle)
158
Leptoglossus occidentalis
(western conifer seed bug)
158
Leptospiraspp. 312
lesion 199
lethal mutation 199
leucocyte (white blood cell,
WBC) 24,199–200
leucomalachite green 45
leukemia 199
leukocyte (white blood cell)
199–200
Lewis acid 204
Lewis adduct 204
Lewis base 204
LH (luteinizing hormone)
151, 268
Libby, Willard F. 284
lice 204, 212
lichen 8–9, 204–205
life table 205
life zones 355
ligament 205
ligand 205
ligand field 205
ligand gated ion channel
receptor 205
ligase 205
ligating 205
light and dark bands 144,
146
light microscope 206
lightning bug (firefly) 130
light reactions 206
light treatment 129
lignin 206
Limax poirieri 308
limbic system 206
Lindbergh, Charles 54
Lindhard, Johannes 192
linkage 206
linkage map 142, 206
linked genes 206
Linnaeus, Carolus 39, 59,
187Lintner, Joseph Albert 111
lipid 125, 206
Lipmann, Fritz Albert 2, 207
lipophilicity 207
lipopolysaccharide
(endotoxin) 115
lipoprotein 207
lipoxygenase 207
lithosphere 207
littoral zone 207
liver research 348
liverwort (Hepatophyta) 50
live-vector vaccine 337
lizards 208, 208
lobotomy 225
local hormone (autacoid) 31
lockjaw (tetanus) 323
locus (loci) 208
Loewi, Otto 208
logistic growth 208
long-day plant 209
longevity 209
loop of Henle 209
Lorensen, William 235
low-density lipoprotein (LDL)
64, 207
Lowen, Alexander 39
lower motor neuron 227
low-spin 209
lumbar spine 340, 340
luminescent 209
lumper 209
luna moth 203
lung 84, 209,209–210
Lupinus perennis(blue
lupine) 111
lupus vulgaris 129
luteinizing hormone (LH)
151, 268
lyase 210
Lycaeides melissa samualis
11, 111–112
Lycophyta 13
Lymantra dispar (gypsy
moth) 158, 201
Lyme disease 182
lymph 210
lymphatic system 210
lymphedema filariasis
(elephantiasis ) 110
lymphocyte 210, 216
Lyon, Mary 35
lysis 210
lysogenic cycle 210
lysosome 60, 210
lysozyme 132, 210
lytic cycle 210
lytic virus 210M
μ (mu) Seebridging ligand
Macleod, John James Richard
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