
Apago PDF Enhancer
Ray- nned sh, 698f, 699t, 702, 702f
Ray ( sh), 699t, 701
Ray initial, 738
Ray (parenchyma cells), 737-738
Reabsorption, 1040-1041, 1046
in kidney, 1046, 1048, 1049f,
1050-1051, 1051f
Reactant, 25
Reaction center, 155, 155f
Reading frame, 283
Realized niche, 1188, 1188f
Receptor kinase, 945, 945f
Receptor-mediated endocytosis, 102f,
103, 104t
Receptor potential, 917
Receptor protein, 63, 90t, 93, 94f,
168, 169f
intracellular, 171-174, 172f,
172t, 173f
Receptor tyrosine kinase, 174-178,
175f-178f, 182-183, 202
autophosphorylation of,
175-176, 175f
inactivation of, 178
Recessive trait, 224-228, 224f
in humans, 227t
Reciprocal altruism, 1154-1155,
1155f
Reciprocal cross, 223
Recognition helix, 306
Recombinant DNA, 327
construction of, 327, 328, 328f
introduction of foreign DNA into
bacteria, 329-331, 331f
in vaccine production,
344-345, 344f
Recombination, 210,
245-247, 275
in eukaryotes, 548
homologous, 555
in prokaryotes, 548
using recombination to make
maps, 245f, 246-247, 246f
in viruses, 539
Recombination frequency, 246
Recombination nodule, 211
Recruitment, 973
Rectum, 990
Red algae, 463f, 517-518, 517f, 519,
521f, 570, 570f, 582, 582f, 589f
Red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys
rubriventris), 710f
Red blood cell(s). See Erythrocytes
Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis
callidryas), 705f
Red maple (Acer rubrum), 737f
Red tide, 576-577, 577f
Rediae, 658, 659f
Redox, 109, 109f, 123-124,
123f, 124f
Reduction, 7, 21, 109, 109f,
123, 123f
Reduction division, 210
Reductionism, 7
Re ex, 907-908, 908f
Regeneration
in echinoderms, 689
of planarian eyespot, 501, 501f
of ribbon worm eyespot, 503, 503f
Regulation, as characteristic
of life, 508
Regulative development, 1112
Regulatory proteins, 305, 305-307,
306f-307f
DNA-binding motifs in,
306-307, 307f
Reinforcement, 442, 442f
Relative dating, 424
Releasing hormone, 948-949
REM sleep, 905
Remodeling, bone, 966-967,
966f-967f
Renal cortex, 1045, 1046f
Renal medulla, 1045, 1046f
Renal pelvis, 1045
Renaturation, of proteins, 52f, 53
Replica plating, 558
Replication, 263-266, 263f-265f
conservative,
263-265, 263f
direction of, 265, 266f, 267,
267f, 272f
dispersive, 263f, 264, 265
elongation stage of, 265-266
enzymes needed for, 268t,
269-270, 269f
errors in, 273
in eukaryotes, 271-273,
271f-272f
in HIV infection cycle, 537
initiation stage of, 265-266, 271
lagging strand, 267f, 268-269,
269f-270f
leading strand, 267f, 268,
269f-270f, 272f
Meselson-Stahl experiment,
264-265, 264f
Okazaki fragments, 268-269,
269f-270f
in prokaryotes, 187-188, 187f,
266-270, 266f-270f, 549
rolling circle, 555, 555f
semiconservative, 263-265, 263f
semidiscontinuous,
267-268, 267f
suppression between meiotic
divisions, 216
termination stage of, 265-266, 269
of virus, 530
Replication fork, 268-269,
269f-270f
Replication origin, 187-188, 187f
Replicon, 266, 271
Replisome, 266f, 269-270,
269f-270f
Reporter gene, 341, 341f
Repression, 308, 312
Repressor, 308
Reproduction
in amphibians, 704
as characteristic of life, 3, 508
cost of, 1171-1173, 1171f-1172f
in crustaceans, 682-683
in echinoderms, 689
in sh, 701
in atworms, 657f, 658
in fungi, 614, 617, 621
in mollusks, 669, 669f
in nematodes, 662
in plants, 839-860
in protists, 572
reproductive events per
lifetime, 1173
Reproductive cloning, 381, 381f
Reproductive isolation, 437,
438, 438t
evolution of, 441-442, 442f
Reproductive leaf, 749
Reproductive strategy, 1084-1086,
1085f-1086f, 1150-1154,
1150f-1153f
Reproductive system, 875f, 876,
1084-1102
evolution of, 1087-1088, 1088f
female, 875f, 876, 1090, 1090f,
1094-1098, 1094f-1098f
male, 875f, 876, 1091-1094,
1091f-1094f, 1093t
Reptile, 703t, 706-711, 708f-711f
brain of, 903, 903f
characteristics of, 706-707, 707t
circulation in, 1024
eggs of, 706, 708f
evolution of, 697,
708-709, 708f-709f
fertilization in, 1089-1090
heart of, 709, 709f, 1024
kidney of, 1043
lungs of, 1007
nitrogenous wastes of,
1044, 1045f
orders of, 707f, 710-711,
710f-711f
present day, 709-710, 709f
respiration in, 707
skin of, 707
skull of, 708f
thermoregulation in, 710
Research, 7-8
Resolution (microscope), 60
Resource depletion, 1245-1250
Resource partitioning, 1190-1191,
1190f
Resources
competition for limited,
1189-1190, 1189f
consumption of world’s, 1181
Respiration, 123-126, 1215
aerobic. See Aerobic respiration
in amphibians, 703, 1004,
1003f-1004f
in birds, 715, 1008, 1009f
cutaneous, 1006
in echinoderms, 1003f
in sh, 1004-1006, 1003f-1005f
in insects, 1003f
in mammals, 1003f,
1007-1008, 1008f
Respiratory control center, 1011
Respiratory disease, 1012, 1012f
Respiratory system, 875, 875f,
1001-1015
of arthropods, 680-681, 681f
Resting potential, 890,
891-892, 892f
Restoration ecology,
1275-1276, 1275f
Restriction endonuclease, 327-328,
328f, 331f
Restriction fragment length
polymorphism (RFLP) analysis,
335, 335f
Restriction map, 328, 335, 353, 353f
Restriction site, 328
Reticular-activating system, 905
Reticular formation, 905
Retina, 930, 931f
Retinoblastoma susceptibility gene
(Rb), 204, 204f
Retrotransposon, 360, 486
Retrovirus, 280, 529, 531
Reverse genetics, 343
Reverse transcriptase, 280, 332, 332f,
531, 536f, 538
RFLP. See Restriction fragment
length polymorphism analysis
Rh factor, 1077
Rh-negative individual, 1077
Rh-positive individual, 1077
Rheumatic fever, 560
Rhinoceros, 525
Rhizobium, 563, 792, 793f
Rhizoid, 594, 594f, 601
Rhizome, 600, 746, 746f, 858
Rhizopoda, 583, 583f
Rhizopus, 615t, 621f
Rhodophyta (phylum), 515f, 570f,
582, 582f
Rhodopsin, 930
Rhynchocephalia (order), 707t,
710, 710f
Ribbon worm, 642t, 672-673, 672f
regeneration of eyespot, 503, 503f
Ribonuclease, 52f, 53
Ribonucleic acid. See RNA
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA), 69, 281
Ribosome, 63, 78t, 81t
A site on, 292-293,
293f-296f, 295
E site on, 292-293, 293f,
294f, 296f
of eukaryotes, 68-69, 69f, 78t
free, 69
functions of, 293
membrane-associated, 69
of mitochondria, 74f
P site on, 292-293, 293f-296f,
295, 296
of prokaryotes, 63, 293f, 554
structure of, 293, 293f
in translation, 293-297,
294f-296f
Ribosome-binding sequence, 294
Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP),
161, 161f, 162
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/
oxygenase (rubisco), 161,
161f, 163
Rice (Oryza sativa), 368f
genome of, 358f, 363, 363f, 475f,
476-477, 479f, 486, 489
golden, 348, 348f, 368
transgenic, 348, 348f, 368
world demand for, 368
Ricin, 807-808, 807f
Ricksettsia, 517, 551f
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