macroevolution 211
macromolecule 211
macrophage-colony-
stimulating factor (G-CSF)
76
macrophages 211, 264
macula 335
macula adherens(spot
desmosome) 94
macula densa 183–184
magnetic circular dichroism
(MCD) 211–212
magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) 212
magnetic susceptibility 212
magnetotactic 212
major histocompatibility
complex (MHC) 212
Malacostraca 86
malaria 197, 212,299, 345
malignant 212
Mallophaga 212
Mallophagorida 204
Malpighian tubule 212
Mammalia 213
mange 213
mantle 213
marine 213
Marini-Bettòlo, G. B. 49
mariposa lily 3
marsupial 213
Mastigophora 213
matallothionein 217
matrilineal 213
matrilocal residence 213
matrix 213
matter 213
maturation promoting factor
SeeMPF
maxillary sinus 307
Maxillopoda 86
McCabe, Timothy L. 159,
203
McConnell, John 170
MCD (magnetic circular
dichroism) 211–212
mean 213
mechanical isolation 274
mechanically gated channel
139
mechanoreceptor 213
Mechnikov, Ilya Ilyich
213–214
mediator modulator (immune
modulator; messenger)
214
medical devices, regulation of
133
medicinal chemistry 214
medulatted protostele 314
medulla oblongata 214
medusa 214
megapascal (MPa) 214
meiosis 215, 215
melanism 175, 215
melatonin 267, 268
Melissa blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa melissa)
11
membrane potential 215–216
memory cell 216
Mencke, Otto 124
Mendel, Gregor 197–198,
216
Menkes’ disease 216
menstrual cycle 216
menstruation 114
mercury thermometers
124–125
meristele 314
meristem 23, 152, 197, 216
meroblastic cleavage
(incomplete cleavage) 216
Merriam, Clinton Hart 355
mesentery 216
mesoderm 216–217
mesomere 216
mesophyll 216,217, 260
mesotrophic lake 217
Mesozoic era 217
messenger (mediator
modulator) 214
messenger RNA (mRNA)
217
met- 217
metabolism 217
metabolite 217
metalloenzyme 217
metallo-immunoassay 217
metallothionein 217
metal toxicity 63
metamorphosis 105, 174,
200, 217–218
metanephridium 218–219
metaphase 215,219,219,
223
metapopulation 219
metastable 313
metastasis 219
Metazoa 219
Meteorologica(Aristotle)
26–27
methane mono-oxygenase
219
methanogens 219–220
methylation 98
methyl-coenzyme M
reductase 83
me-too drug 220
Meyerhof, Otto Fritz 220
M-FISH 68
MHC (major histocompat-
ibility complex) 212
Michaelis-Menten kinetics
220
microcrystalline tests 45
microevolution 220
microfibrils 60microfilament (actin filament)
220
microfungi 309
microglia 148
micronutrient 220
microscope 206
microscopy 166
microspoidians 26
microtubule 58, 60, 219,
220–221, 223
microvillus 221
middle lamella 221
MIF (mullerian inhibition
factor) 304
Milax gagates 308
millipedes 238–239
mimicry 25, 36, 37, 53, 177,
221, 232
mineral 221
mineralocorticoid 221–222
minimum dynamic area 222
minimum viable population
(MVP) 222
Minot, George Richards 222
Miocene 222
missense mutation 222, 270
Mississippian age 222
mites 222
mitochondria 222
mitochondrial matrix 223
mitochondrion 58, 60
mitosis 223, 223
mitral valve 339
mixed oxidation state 223
mixed protostele 314
mixed valency 223
Mixini (hagfishes) 6
mobbing 223
Moco (molybdenum cofactor)
224
model 224
modern synthesis 224
mol (mole) 224
molarity 224, 255
mold 224
mole (mol) 224
molecular formula 224
molecular graphics 224
molecular machines 278
molecular modeling 224
molecular motor 103
molecule 224
Mollusca (mollusks) 42,
138–139, 308
molt 105, 224
molybdenum cofactor (Moco)
224
molybdopterin 224
Monera 224
Mongenea 132
Moniz, António Caetano de
Abreu Freire Egas 225
monoamine 225
monoclonal 225monoclonal antibodies 225
monocotyledons (monocots)
19, 84, 96, 225
monoculture 225
monocyte 199–200, 225
monoecious 225
monogamy 226
monogyny 226
monohybrid cross 226
monomer 226
mono-oxygenase 87, 226
monophyletic 226
monosaccharide 226
monosomy 67, 246, 247
monotreme 226
monounsaturated fatty acids
333
montane 226
Morgan 227
Morgan, Thomas Hunt
226–227
morphogen 227
morphogenesis 227
morphological species
concept 227
morphometrics 227
morphotype 227
morula 110
mosaic cleavage 94
mosaic development 227
mosaic evolution 227
mosaicism 67
mosquitoes 92, 197, 212,
227,299, 353
Mössbauer effect 227
mosses 50
moths 199, 200–203, 227,
228–230
Moths and How to Rear
Them(Villiard) 228
Moths of the Limberlost
(Porter) 228
motif 227
motor neuron 227
motor unit 230
MPa (megapascal) 214
MPF (M-phase promoting
factor) 230–231
Mphase 231
M-phase promoting factor
(MPF) 230–231
MRI (magnetic resonance
imaging) 212
mRNA (messenger RNA)
217
mucous-bag suspension feeder
318
mugwort 79
Muller, Hermann Joseph 231
Müller, Paul Hermann
231–232
mullerian inhibition factor
(MIF) 304
Müllerian mimicry 221, 232Index 393