Beta-oxidation, 81
Bigelow, Dr. Wilfred G., 70
Binocular vision, 152
advantage of, 153ML
Biodiversity, 332, 349, 523 , 532
carrying capacity, 523
fish hatcheries, 382TL
fossils, 349
Biogeochemical cycles, 451 , 452
carrying capacity, 523
human impact on, 455–456
Biogeography, 353
Biological amplifying system, 172
Biological barriers, 399
Biological clock, 144
Biological cycles, 182
Biological magnification, 449TL
Biological species, 398
Biology symposium, 544
Biomagnification, 449TL
Biomass, 445
carnivores, 448
Biomass pyramid, 447
Biomes, 434
ecosystems, 434
Bioremediation, 308, 309
Biosphere, 434
ecosystem, 434
species, 434
Biosphere 2, 428
Biotechnology, 373
Biotic, 430
Biotic potential, 346 , 474
Bipolar cell layer, 154
Birth, 473
Black bear, 216, 468
Blagden, Dr. Charles, 104
Blind spot, 156ML
Blood cell, 113
production, 113
Blood glucose concentration, 106
Blood pH, 106
kidney, 117
Blood pressure, 106
endocrine system, 168
normal, 106
positive feedback loop, 110
Blood sugar, 121
Body temperature, 106, 109
monitoring, 144
normal, 106
Bohr, Niels, 6
Boreal forest, 435
Borger, Dr. Hans, 141
Bottleneck effect, 380
Bovine somatotropin, 303
Bowman’s capsule, 114
Boyer, Herbert, 294, 303
Boyer, Paul, 76
Brain
homeostasis, 141
model of, 144ML
neurons, 142
surgery, 142
Branching phylogeny, 398
Briggs, Robert, 313
Bronchodilators, 127
Bruntland Commission, 524
Bubonic plague, 505
Buchner, Eduard, 52
Buffers, 23 , 117 , 120
Burgess shale, 330, 332, 349, 353Calcitonin, 179 , 180
Calcium ion gates, 150
Calvin cycle, 89 , 90
carbon fixation, 90
re-formation of the RuBP, 92
reduction, 91
Calvin, Melvin, 90
Camouflage, 334
Canadian Museum of Nature, 356
Cancer, 132, 322
chemotherapy, 132
Cannon, Walter B., 189
Carbohydrate energy, 26
Carbohydrate metabolism, 81
Carbohydrates, 26
Carbon cycle, 453
Carbon fixation, 90
Carbonyl, 15
Carboxyl, 15
Carcinogenic, 290
Cardiac centre, 143
Cardiolipin, 69
Careers
cheese plant manager, 51
geneticist, 244–245
landscape ecologist, 521
molecular biologist, 270
paleontologist, 356
Carnegie Museum of Natural
History, 356
Carnivores, 447
biomass, 448
Carrying capacity, 477
better manners approach, 520
bigger pie theory, 519–520
biodiversity, 523
biogeochemical cycle, 523
chance events, 517
ecosystem diversity, 523
ecosystems, 523
fewer forks approach, 520
food supply, 519TL
genetic variability, 523
global, 518
human population, 516
limiting factors, 517
multiple factors, 517
negative effects, 523
non-renewable resources, 524
per capita consumption, 524
perpetual resources, 523renewable resources, 523, 524
sustainable development, 524
technological change, 518,
519–520
Catalysis, 41
Catalytic cycle, 43
Cataracts, 156
Catastrophism, 340
Cations, 10, 147
cDNA, 305
Cell body, 140
Cell division, 555
Cell function, DNA, 220
Cell membrane, passive transport,
561–562
Cells, pH, 22–23
Cellular energy, 62
nutrition, 78
Cellular immunity, 126
Cellular respiration, 64
Cellulose, 27
Census, 466
Central dogma, 253
Central nervous system, 138
Centrosome, 555
Cerebellum, 143
Cerebral cortex, 144
Cerebrum, 136, 143, 144
Cervical cancer, 197
Cervix, 196
Chain termination sequencing, 297
Chargaff’s rule, 221 , 226
Chargaff, Erwin, 221, 227
Chase, Martha, 221, 223
Chemical bonds, 8
Chemical energy, 36
Chemical mutagen, 289
Chemiosmosis, 76
Chemosynthesis, 442
Chemotherapy
cancer, 132
homeostasis, 132
Chilton, Mary Dell, 305
Chimera, 303
Chlorofluorocarbons, 525, 528
Chlorophylls, 84
Chloroplasts, 84
structure of, 84
Cholinesterase, 151
Choroid layer, 153
Chromatin, 229
Chromosomes, 219 , 420, 555
DNA, 229
regulatory sequences, 243
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 50
Cibelli, Jose, 313
Ciliary body, 153
Circadian rhythm, 144, 182
Climax community, 432 , 433
species, 433
Cloning, 284
animals, 313Index • MHR 591