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S U B J E C T I N D E X
Meiosis,
of amphibians, 177
of Bombyx, 204
Melandnum album, 258
Membranes, see Nuclear envelope
Meristems, 159
Merogons, 240
Methemoglobin, 97
Methyltestosterone, 287
Mixoploidy, in silkworms, 227
Molting, 43, 82
Mosaicism, 248, 251
Muscle, 6
Myoglobin, 92
N
Neoteny, 136
Neural tissue, 6
Nitrogen supply, effect on growth, 141
Normoblasts, 90
Notochord, 6
Nuclear envelope, of amphibian eggs,
173, 189
Nuclei, 173 ff., 195
Nucleoli, 186, 195
Nutrition, effect on plant development,
138
o
Oocytes,
of amphibians, 173 ff., 193 ff.
of Bombyx, 200 ff.
Oogenesis, 179
P
Parthenogenesis, see also Gynogenesis,
of moths, 227
of silkworms, 200 ff.
ameiotic, 222, 227, 232, 251
artificial, 214 ff., 251
and hybridization, 225
natural, 206 ff., 214, 227, 251
and polyploidy, 227
thelytokous, 227
Patterns of insect integuments, 33, 43, 44
Phylogeny, in plants, 135
Plants,
heteroblastic development, 127
teratomas in, 26
Plasma membranes, 44
Pleurodeles, 279, 285, 294
Ploidy, 227, 251, see also under specific
types
Polarity in developing cuticles, 70
Polyploidy, in silkworms, 200 ff.
and parthenogenesis, 203, 227
Proerythroblasts, 90
Proteins, 35, 118
Prothoracic gland, 43
Protoporphyrin, 96
Puromycin, 115, 119
Q
Quinones, 35
R
Regnellidium, 136
Reptiles, 310
Resilin, 38, 84
Reticulocytes, 90, 95
Rhizomes, 141, 142
Ribonuclease, 116
RNA, 83, 93, 107, 190 ff.
S
Saturnia pyn, 221
Scales, 40, 57
Sclerotization, 35
Sebaceous glands, 6
Semele androgyna, 136
Seminomas, 2
Sex, effect on teratomas, 4
Sex reversal,
in amphibians, 294
in amphipods, 273
in Hydra fusca, 265
in Lampyris noctiluca, 268
in teleosts, 295
in Xenopus laevis, 277
Sexual differentiation, 312
in amphibians, 277
in birds, 295
in crustaceans, 271
effects of steroid hormones on, 283
in fishes, 277
and genetics, 259
in Hydra, 261
in insects, 269
in mammals, 301
in teratomas, 21
in vertebrates, 277
Sexual organogenesis, 259 ff.
in birds, 297