
Apago PDF Enhancer
Amoeba, 571, 583-584, 583f
slime mold, 585, 585f
Amoeba proteus, 583f
AMP, 112f, 113, 124
Amphibia (class), 698f, 703-706,
704f-705f
Amphibian, 641t, 698f, 703-706,
704f-705f
brain of, 903, 903f
characteristics of, 703, 703t
circulation in, 703, 1024, 1024f
classi cation of, 705-706, 705f
development in, 952, 952f
eggs of, 1249f
evolution of, 697, 703, 704-705,
704f-705f
fertilization in, 1088, 1088f-1089f
rst, 704-705
gastrulation in, 1114, 1114f
heart of, 703, 1024, 1024f
invasion of land by, 704-705,
704f-705f
kidney of, 1043
legs of, 703, 704f
lungs of, 703, 1007, 1007f
nitrogenous wastes of, 1044, 1045f
nuclear transplant in, 380
orders of, 703t
population declines in, 1258t,
1264-1266, 1264f-1265f
prolactin in, 951
reproduction in, 704
respiration in, 703, 1004, 1003f-1004f
Amphioxus. See Branchiostoma
Ampullae of Lorenzini, 934
Amygdala, 905
Amylopectin, 40, 40f
Amyloplast, 75, 739, 820, 820f
Amylose, 39, 40, 40f
Anabaena, 563
Anabolism, 117
Anaerobic respiration, 124, 139
Analogous structures, 11, 11f, 498
Anaphase
meiosis I, 210, 211f, 212f, 214,
215, 216f-217f
meiosis II, 213f, 214, 217f
mitotic, 192f, 195f, 196-197,
197f, 216f
Anaphase A, 195f, 197-198
Anaphase B, 195f, 197-198
Anaphase-promoting complex
(APC), 201
Anatomical dead space, 1010
Ancestral characters, 458-459, 459f
Anchoring junction, 83f, 84
Andrews, Tommie Lee, 336, 336f
Androecium, 608, 608f, 848-849
Androgen, 956
Aneuploidy, 214, 250, 481
Angelman syndrome, 251-252
Angina pectoris, 1033
Angiosperm. See Flowering plant
Angle of incidence, 1231
Animal(s)
body plan of, evolution of,
636-640, 636f-637f, 639f
classi cation of, 522-525, 640,
641t-642t, 643-645, 644f-645f
coevolution of plants and, 807
communication and, 1144-1147,
1144f-1147f
development in, 372-373,
373f, 635t
diversity in, 633-646
evolution of, 583, 645-646, 646f
fruit dispersal by, 762, 763f
gap junctions in, 83f, 84
general features of, 634,
634t-635t
habitats of, 635t
movement in, 634t
multicellularity in, 634t
obtaining nutrients, 634t
phylogeny of, 640, 643-645,
644f-645f
pollination by, 852-854, 852f-853f
sexual life cycle in, 208, 208f
sexual reproduction in, 519, 635t
succession in animal communities,
1203, 1203f
transgenic, 342
Animal breeding, thoroughbred
horses, 414, 414f
Animal cells
cell division in, 188f
cytokinesis in, 197, 197f
genetically modi ed
domesticated, 349
sexual life cycle in, 208, 208f
structure of, 66f, 80-81, 81f, 81t
Animal pole, 377, 377f, 1110, 1110f
Animalia (kingdom), 13, 13f, 513f,
514, 515f, 517f, 518t, 640
Anion, 19, 96
Annelid, 140, 643, 644f, 673-676,
673f-676f
body plan of, 673-674, 673f
classes of, 674-676
connections between
segments, 674
excretory system of, 674
segmentation in, 523, 523f,
639-640, 643, 673-674
Annelida (phylum), 641t, 643, 644f,
673-676, 673f-676f
Annotation, 359
Annual plants, 859f, 860
Anolis lizard
courtship display of, 443, 443f
dewlap of, 443, 443f
Anonymous marker, 248, 248f
Anopheles mosquito, 358f, 475f,
487, 1079
Anoxygenic photosynthesis, 143,
148, 156
Ant
ant farmer-fungi symbiosis,
629, 629f
mutualism with acacias, 809, 809f,
1198, 1198f
social, 1158f
Antagonistic effector, 877-878, 877f
Anteater, 431f, 525, 525f
Antenna complex (photosynthesis),
154-155, 155f, 157
Antennal gland, 1041
Antennapedia complex, 388f, 389
Antennapedia gene, 388, 494
Anterior pituitary, 946, 947-948,
948-951, 950f
Anther, 608, 608f, 848f, 849
Antheridium, 594, 594f
Anthocyanin, 824
Anthophyta (phylum), 602t
Anthozoa (class), 654-655, 654f
Anthrax, 554, 561t
Anthropoid, 721, 721f-722f
Antibiotic resistance, 558
Antibiotics, bacteria susceptibility
to, 64
Antibody, 1063, 1068-1074,
1069f-1074f. See also
Immunoglobulin (Ig)
antigen-binding site on, 1070,
1070f-1071f
monoclonal, 1077-1078, 1078f
polyclonal, 1077
recombinant, 349
speci city of, 1069-1070, 1070f
Anticodon loop, 291-292, 291f
Antidiuretic hormone (ADH), 947,
947f, 1034, 1049,
1050-1051, 1051f
Antigen, 1061-1062, 1062f, 1074,
1074f, 1078f
Antigen-binding site, 1070,
1070f-1071f
Antigen drift, 1079
Antigen-presenting cell, 1066
Antigen shift, 1079
Antigenic determinant, 1062
Antiparallel strands, in DNA,
262f, 263
Antiporter, 100
Anura (order), 703, 703t,
705-706, 705f
Aorta, 1029
Aortic body, 1011, 1011f
Aortic valve, 1026
AP gene, in plants, 499-500,
499f-500f
APC. See Anaphase-promoting
complex
Ape, 720t, 721-726
compared to hominids, 722
evolution of, 721-726
Aperture (pollen grain), 609
Apex, 730
Aphasia, 906
Aphid, feeding on phloem, 782, 782f
Apical meristem, 731, 732,
732f-733f, 832f
Apical surface, 866, 987
Apicomplexans, 576, 576f, 577-578
Aplysina longissima, 650f
Apoda (order), 703, 703t, 705f, 706
Apolipoprotein B, 320-321
Apomixis, 857
Apoplast route, 775, 775f
Apoptosis, 305, 1067, 1067f
in development, 390-391, 391f
genetic control of, 390-391, 391f
mechanism of, 390-391
Appendicular locomotion, 975
Appendix, 990, 990f
Aquaculture, 1248
Aquaporin, 98, 104t, 772, 773f, 1050
Aqueous solution, 97
Aquifer, 1210
Aquifex, 515f, 516, 550f
Arabidopsis
aquaporins of, 772
auxin transport in, 830
columella cells in, 739
CONSTANS gene in, 843
det2 mutant in, 817, 817f
development in, 375, 499
embryonic ower mutant in,
841, 841f
genome of, 358f, 364, 475f,
476-477, 479f, 486, 489, 595
GLABROUS3 mutant in,
735, 735f
HOBBIT gene in, 757-758, 758f
hot mutants in, 825
KANADI gene in, 747f
LEAFY COTYLEDON
gene in, 759
LEAFY gene in, 841
MONOPTEROS gene in,
758, 758f
overexpression of owering
gene in, 841f
PHABULOSA gene in, 747f
PHAVOLUTA gene in, 747f
phytochrome genes in, 815f, 816
scarecrow mutant in, 740, 740f,
820, 820f
SHOOTMERISTEM LESS gene in,
756, 757f
short root mutant, 820, 820f
small RNAs in, 317
suspensor mutant in, 755, 756f
thaliana, 755, 757f, 759
too many mouths mutant in,
734, 734f
touch responses in, 821
transposons in, 484
trichome mutation in, 734f
vernalization in, 844
WEREWOLF gene in,
739-740, 740f
WOODEN LEG gene in, 759, 759f
YABBY gene in, 747f
Arachidonic acid, 943
Araneae (order), 681-682, 682f
Arbuscular mycorrhizae, 622,
628, 628f
Archaea (domain), 13, 13f, 483,
514, 515, 515f, 516t, 517f, 518t,
547, 549f
Archaea (kingdom), 514
Archaeal viruses, 533
Archaebacteria, 516, 549f.
See also Prokaryote
bacteria versus, 547
cell wall of, 64, 548-549
characteristics of, 516, 516t
gene architecture in, 549
membrane lipids of, 548, 549f
nonextreme, 516
plasma membrane of, 63-64, 548
Archaefructus, 607, 607f
Archaeopteryx, 425, 425f, 712, 712f,
714, 714f
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