328
SUBJECT INDEX
complex, 90-91, 92
in coregonid fishes, 130-31
in cricetine rodents, 129
and chromosome number, 115-16, 118
definition, 68
evolutionary, 129, 130, 133
genomes in cells, 73
in gerbils, 130
grass species, synthesis, 74
in hermaphroditic species, 133
in Luzula, 69
in Madiinae, 83
in multicellular animals, 110
in Polygonatum, 75
in Psilotales, 95
and sex chromosome mechanisms, 131
in speciation, 68, 71, 73, 138-42
Population, breeding, 51
natural, pericentric rearrangements,
112
P/O relationship, 221, 279, 280
effect of thyroxine and triiodothyronine
on, 206-207
Potassium, effect of progesterone on, 208
ion, 257, 265, 268
Potatoes, 268, 274, 275, 281, 283, 285,
286
air space, 246
carbon dioxide, effect on respiration,
246-47
cytochrome oxidase activity, 258-59
fermentation, 239-40
gas phase, 241-43
growth, 251
intact, respiration rate, 239
internal oxygen concentration, 245
metabolic water absorption, 261
respiratory increment, 248
terminal oxidases, 252, 254
tissue aeration, 241
volatile alcohols produced by, 247
water uptake, 259
PotentiUa, hybrid reproduction, 89
Potorous tridactylus, sex chromosome
mechanism, 135
Preformation, and germ layer theory, 19
Probability, laws, 15
Progesterone, 187
mechanisms of action, 208-10
Progressive differentiation. See Differentiation
Protein, activity, 26
anabolism, effect of insulin on, 189
configuration, changes in, 199
contractile, synthesis, 208
molecules, 17
synthesis, 248, 264, 275, 277-78
systems, 31
Psilochaenia, 91
Psilotales, polyploidy, 95
Pteridophytes, cytology, 95
Pteronidea pavida, 155
Purpura fopillus, chromosome number,
123
polymorphism, 122
Pyridine nucleotide, 283, 285
Pyruvate, 221, 237, 280
oxidation, 238
utilization in diabetic animal, 190
R
Ranales, 59
pollen, 61
Ranunculaceae, 59
Ranunculus, 91
Reaggregation, selective, 26
Redox pump, in osmotic work, 270-72
Regeneration, 8, 10
Regulation, and germ layers, 19
Regulation of respiratory rate. See Respiration
Reproduction, plant, asexual, 88-90
hybrid, 89-90
sexual, 87, 88, 89, 90
Respiration, aerobic, 235, 282
and age of potato disk, 244-46
in apples, 276
in avocado, 281
"basal," 239, 248, 250, 263, 267
and cellular work in plants, 215-99
and climacteric, 275-82
"developed," 239
dinitrophenol, effect on, 223, 227
and growth and water uptake, 250-62
"induced," 239, 248, 249
in intact organs, 226-29
mitochondrial, control, 207
in mitochondrial systems, 229-34
and organic phosphate synthesis, 216
SUBJECT INDEX
complex, 90-91, 92
in coregonid fishes, 130-31
in cricetine rodents, 129
and chromosome number, 115-16, 118
definition, 68
evolutionary, 129, 130, 133
genomes in cells, 73
in gerbils, 130
grass species, synthesis, 74
in hermaphroditic species, 133
in Luzula, 69
in Madiinae, 83
in multicellular animals, 110
in Polygonatum, 75
in Psilotales, 95
and sex chromosome mechanisms, 131
in speciation, 68, 71, 73, 138-42
Population, breeding, 51
natural, pericentric rearrangements,
112
P/O relationship, 221, 279, 280
effect of thyroxine and triiodothyronine
on, 206-207
Potassium, effect of progesterone on, 208
ion, 257, 265, 268
Potatoes, 268, 274, 275, 281, 283, 285,
286
air space, 246
carbon dioxide, effect on respiration,
246-47
cytochrome oxidase activity, 258-59
fermentation, 239-40
gas phase, 241-43
growth, 251
intact, respiration rate, 239
internal oxygen concentration, 245
metabolic water absorption, 261
respiratory increment, 248
terminal oxidases, 252, 254
tissue aeration, 241
volatile alcohols produced by, 247
water uptake, 259
PotentiUa, hybrid reproduction, 89
Potorous tridactylus, sex chromosome
mechanism, 135
Preformation, and germ layer theory, 19
Probability, laws, 15
Progesterone, 187
mechanisms of action, 208-10
Progressive differentiation. See Differentiation
Protein, activity, 26
anabolism, effect of insulin on, 189
configuration, changes in, 199
contractile, synthesis, 208
molecules, 17
synthesis, 248, 264, 275, 277-78
systems, 31
Psilochaenia, 91
Psilotales, polyploidy, 95
Pteridophytes, cytology, 95
Pteronidea pavida, 155
Purpura fopillus, chromosome number,
123
polymorphism, 122
Pyridine nucleotide, 283, 285
Pyruvate, 221, 237, 280
oxidation, 238
utilization in diabetic animal, 190
R
Ranales, 59
pollen, 61
Ranunculaceae, 59
Ranunculus, 91
Reaggregation, selective, 26
Redox pump, in osmotic work, 270-72
Regeneration, 8, 10
Regulation, and germ layers, 19
Regulation of respiratory rate. See Respiration
Reproduction, plant, asexual, 88-90
hybrid, 89-90
sexual, 87, 88, 89, 90
Respiration, aerobic, 235, 282
and age of potato disk, 244-46
in apples, 276
in avocado, 281
"basal," 239, 248, 250, 263, 267
and cellular work in plants, 215-99
and climacteric, 275-82
"developed," 239
dinitrophenol, effect on, 223, 227
and growth and water uptake, 250-62
"induced," 239, 248, 249
in intact organs, 226-29
mitochondrial, control, 207
in mitochondrial systems, 229-34
and organic phosphate synthesis, 216