312
SUBJECT INDEX
Animals, bisexual, evolutionary polyploidy, 129, 133
macrosmatic, orientation, 150
metabolic behavior, and thyroid hormones, 207
motivation, 152
parthenogenetic, polyploidy, 133
sense organs, 149
thyroidectomized, livers of, 207
Anion accumulation, 274
carrier, 273
Antemna, sex chromosome mechanism,
135
Antigens, surface, 26
Ants, antennae, removal, 173
foragers, trail-following, 163, 164
homing, 161
maze studies, 160, 161, 163
odor trails, 165
trail-following and trail-laying, 156-65,
166
Apomixis, reproduction by, 78
in seed plants, 88-90
Appalachian Aspleniums, polyploid complex of, 95
Apples, aerobiosis, 238
climacteric, 276-79
organic acid content, 277-78
respiration, 241, 242
soluble nitrogen content, 277-78
Aquatic organisms, dependency upon
chemical stimulation, 149
Arabinose, and phosphorylation, 198
D-Arabinose, insulin transfer action, 194
L-Arabinose, insulin transfer action, 194
and red cell permeability, 198
Arabis, 91
Aranea ventricosa, sex chromosome
mechanism, 132
Arginine, 228
Arsenate, uncoupling action, 259
Arsenite, as respiratory inhibitor, 256
Artemisia, 90
Arthropoda, mechanisms of sex determination, 138
Artichoke disks, respiration, 261
salt accumulation, 264
water uptake, 259
Arum, oxidases, 233
Ascaridae, chromosome breakage, 115
Ascaris egg, 32
Ascorbic acid, 234, 285
Ascorbic acid oxidase, 233, 244, 252, 255,
269, 270, 284
Asia, flora, 56
Asters, heterophyllous, 92
Asymmetry, differentiaton of, 17
Atom, metaphysical, 34
Atractomorpha
crenaticeps
australis,
supernumerary chromosomes, 112
Austroicetes, color-pattern polymorphism,
113
Autoallopolyploid, 70
Autonomy, cellular, 24
Autoploid (autopolyploid), 92
definition, 68
and amphiploid, distinction, 69
Autoploidy, 65, 70-71
Autosomes, 112
Auxin,
and cell walls, plasticization, 260
effect on respiration, 258, 259
-induced growth, 262, 264
-induced water uptake, 264-65
and metabolic water absorption, 261
synergistic action, 256
Avena, cell division and growth, 251
cytochrome oxidase, 286
indoleacetic acid, effect on, 226
inhibitors, effect on growth, 253-54
iodoacetate, effect, 258
oxygen concentration, effect, 253-54
potassium ion, response to, 257
rate of growth, 256
respiration, 227-29
sucrose, effect, 260
water uptake, 259, 261
Avocado, climacteric, 279-82
ripening, 280
Axial gradient, 8-9, 12, 32
see also Polar gradient
first use of term, 10
Axone, 6, 17
Azide, inhibition by, 258, 286
Β
Banana, 276
Barium ion, 268
Barley roots, 265, 266, 268, 269, 274,
284, 285, 286
SUBJECT INDEX
Animals, bisexual, evolutionary polyploidy, 129, 133
macrosmatic, orientation, 150
metabolic behavior, and thyroid hormones, 207
motivation, 152
parthenogenetic, polyploidy, 133
sense organs, 149
thyroidectomized, livers of, 207
Anion accumulation, 274
carrier, 273
Antemna, sex chromosome mechanism,
135
Antigens, surface, 26
Ants, antennae, removal, 173
foragers, trail-following, 163, 164
homing, 161
maze studies, 160, 161, 163
odor trails, 165
trail-following and trail-laying, 156-65,
166
Apomixis, reproduction by, 78
in seed plants, 88-90
Appalachian Aspleniums, polyploid complex of, 95
Apples, aerobiosis, 238
climacteric, 276-79
organic acid content, 277-78
respiration, 241, 242
soluble nitrogen content, 277-78
Aquatic organisms, dependency upon
chemical stimulation, 149
Arabinose, and phosphorylation, 198
D-Arabinose, insulin transfer action, 194
L-Arabinose, insulin transfer action, 194
and red cell permeability, 198
Arabis, 91
Aranea ventricosa, sex chromosome
mechanism, 132
Arginine, 228
Arsenate, uncoupling action, 259
Arsenite, as respiratory inhibitor, 256
Artemisia, 90
Arthropoda, mechanisms of sex determination, 138
Artichoke disks, respiration, 261
salt accumulation, 264
water uptake, 259
Arum, oxidases, 233
Ascaridae, chromosome breakage, 115
Ascaris egg, 32
Ascorbic acid, 234, 285
Ascorbic acid oxidase, 233, 244, 252, 255,
269, 270, 284
Asia, flora, 56
Asters, heterophyllous, 92
Asymmetry, differentiaton of, 17
Atom, metaphysical, 34
Atractomorpha
crenaticeps
australis,
supernumerary chromosomes, 112
Austroicetes, color-pattern polymorphism,
113
Autoallopolyploid, 70
Autonomy, cellular, 24
Autoploid (autopolyploid), 92
definition, 68
and amphiploid, distinction, 69
Autoploidy, 65, 70-71
Autosomes, 112
Auxin,
and cell walls, plasticization, 260
effect on respiration, 258, 259
-induced growth, 262, 264
-induced water uptake, 264-65
and metabolic water absorption, 261
synergistic action, 256
Avena, cell division and growth, 251
cytochrome oxidase, 286
indoleacetic acid, effect on, 226
inhibitors, effect on growth, 253-54
iodoacetate, effect, 258
oxygen concentration, effect, 253-54
potassium ion, response to, 257
rate of growth, 256
respiration, 227-29
sucrose, effect, 260
water uptake, 259, 261
Avocado, climacteric, 279-82
ripening, 280
Axial gradient, 8-9, 12, 32
see also Polar gradient
first use of term, 10
Axone, 6, 17
Azide, inhibition by, 258, 286
Β
Banana, 276
Barium ion, 268
Barley roots, 265, 266, 268, 269, 274,
284, 285, 286