SUBJECT INDEX
317
alloxan, 188, 195
experimental, kidney functions, 187
and glucose entry into cells, 192
Dicarboxylic organic acids, 256
effect on Avena growth and respiration, 228
Dicotyledons, arboreal, 59
pollen, 61
Dicranomyia, double sperms, 120
Dicumarol, effect on oxidative phosphorylation, 207
Differentiation, and cell division, 25
center of, 11
as process in time, 14
progressive, 5, 14, 35-36
regional, 20
regulation, 29
as term, 27, 27n.
Diffusion exchange, in salt absorption,
263
3,3'-Diiodothyronine, secretion, 204
Dinitrocresol, 234, 236
2,4-Dinitrophenol, 233, 235, 236, 243,
249, 273, 276, 279
ATPase, stimulation, 224-25
calorigenic effect, 206
and heart rate, 205
and high-energy bond, hydrolysis, 223
-induced respiration, 267
inhibition of water uptake, 265
mechanism of action, 223, 224, 225
and oxidative phosphorylation of whole
mitochondria, 207
and phosphate absorption, effect on,
268
and phosphorylation, 227
and plant tissue respiration, 227, 229
uncoupling action, 222, 223, 264, 266,
280-81, 282
and water uptake, 259
Diphosphoglyceric acid, 219
Diphosphopyridine nucleotide, 209
DPN/DPNH ratio, 235-36
in electron transport, 221
reduced (DPNH), 234, 237, 272-73,
283, 284-85
Diploid, 70-71, 73, 74, 75, 76
Diprion, host-finding, 154
Díptera, centromeres, 113
paracentric inversions
and lethal
sperms, 120
Distribution, geographic, 58
as tool of classification system, 48
Dogs, chromosome number, 130
sense perception, 163
trail orientation, 165
Dominance, concept, 10, 10η.
Donnan equilibrium, 262
Dragonflies, unstable chromosome fusion,
135
Drilling. See Host-finding
Drosophila, anemotaxis, 171
aristae, 171
centric fusions, 126
chemoreceptors on tarsi, 173, 177
chromosome breakage, 115
chromosome evolution, 126
chromosome fusions, 128
chromosome numbers, 122, 129
chromosome rearrangements, 66, 111
inviability of telomere-less chromosomes, 118
mating behavior, 151, 172-75, 176
odor as orientation factor, 169
paracentric inversions, 119, 139
pericentric inversions, 120
polymorphism, 119
sensory faculties in orientation, 168
sex chromosome mechanism, 135
tropotaxis, 169-70
X-autosome fusions, 137
Drosophila americana, chromosome rearrangements, 111
X-autosome fusion, 137-38
Drosophila americana americana, change
in sex chromosome mechanism,
135
Drosophila americana texana, 135
Drosophila ananassae, evolution of sex
chromosomes, 138
Drosophila bocainensis, polymorphism,
140
Drosophila equinoxialis, chromosome repatterning, 66
Drosophila mehnogaster, mating, 174,
175
317
alloxan, 188, 195
experimental, kidney functions, 187
and glucose entry into cells, 192
Dicarboxylic organic acids, 256
effect on Avena growth and respiration, 228
Dicotyledons, arboreal, 59
pollen, 61
Dicranomyia, double sperms, 120
Dicumarol, effect on oxidative phosphorylation, 207
Differentiation, and cell division, 25
center of, 11
as process in time, 14
progressive, 5, 14, 35-36
regional, 20
regulation, 29
as term, 27, 27n.
Diffusion exchange, in salt absorption,
263
3,3'-Diiodothyronine, secretion, 204
Dinitrocresol, 234, 236
2,4-Dinitrophenol, 233, 235, 236, 243,
249, 273, 276, 279
ATPase, stimulation, 224-25
calorigenic effect, 206
and heart rate, 205
and high-energy bond, hydrolysis, 223
-induced respiration, 267
inhibition of water uptake, 265
mechanism of action, 223, 224, 225
and oxidative phosphorylation of whole
mitochondria, 207
and phosphate absorption, effect on,
268
and phosphorylation, 227
and plant tissue respiration, 227, 229
uncoupling action, 222, 223, 264, 266,
280-81, 282
and water uptake, 259
Diphosphoglyceric acid, 219
Diphosphopyridine nucleotide, 209
DPN/DPNH ratio, 235-36
in electron transport, 221
reduced (DPNH), 234, 237, 272-73,
283, 284-85
Diploid, 70-71, 73, 74, 75, 76
Diprion, host-finding, 154
Díptera, centromeres, 113
paracentric inversions
and lethal
sperms, 120
Distribution, geographic, 58
as tool of classification system, 48
Dogs, chromosome number, 130
sense perception, 163
trail orientation, 165
Dominance, concept, 10, 10η.
Donnan equilibrium, 262
Dragonflies, unstable chromosome fusion,
135
Drilling. See Host-finding
Drosophila, anemotaxis, 171
aristae, 171
centric fusions, 126
chemoreceptors on tarsi, 173, 177
chromosome breakage, 115
chromosome evolution, 126
chromosome fusions, 128
chromosome numbers, 122, 129
chromosome rearrangements, 66, 111
inviability of telomere-less chromosomes, 118
mating behavior, 151, 172-75, 176
odor as orientation factor, 169
paracentric inversions, 119, 139
pericentric inversions, 120
polymorphism, 119
sensory faculties in orientation, 168
sex chromosome mechanism, 135
tropotaxis, 169-70
X-autosome fusions, 137
Drosophila americana, chromosome rearrangements, 111
X-autosome fusion, 137-38
Drosophila americana americana, change
in sex chromosome mechanism,
135
Drosophila americana texana, 135
Drosophila ananassae, evolution of sex
chromosomes, 138
Drosophila bocainensis, polymorphism,
140
Drosophila equinoxialis, chromosome repatterning, 66
Drosophila mehnogaster, mating, 174,
175