
Apago PDF Enhancer
Synapse, 896-901, 897f-900f
chemical, 170, 896
electrical, 896
structure of, 896-897, 897f
Synapsid, 708, 708f
Synapsis, 209, 209f, 212f
Synaptic cleft, 896, 897f
Synaptic integration, 900
Synaptic plasticity, 906
Synaptic signaling, 169, 169f,
170, 897f
Synaptic vesicle, 896
Synaptonemal complex, 209, 209f
Syncytial blastoderm, 384,
384f, 1110
Syngamy, 208
Synteny, 363, 363f
conservation of, 482, 483f
Synthetic polyploid, 478
Syphilis, 562, 562f
Systematics, 456-458, 457, 457f
classi cation and,
461-464, 462f-464f
Systemic acquired resistance, in
plants, 811, 812f
Systemic anaphylaxis, 1075
Systemic circulation, 1024
Systemin, 810
Systole, 1026, 1027f
Systolic pressure, 1029, 1029f
T
2, 4,5-T, 831
T box, 496
T cell(s), 1020f, 1062, 1062t, 1063,
1063f, 1068
antigen recognition by,
1062f, 1066t
cytotoxic, 1062t,
1066-1067, 1066t, 1067f
helper, 1062t, 1066,
1067-1068, 1069f
HIV infection of, 531, 531f,
1080, 1080f
T-cell receptor (TCR), 1064, 1065f,
1073-1074, 1074f
T-even phage, 533
T-Helper cells, 535
T lymphocyte, 1063, 1063f
T tubule. See Transverse tubule
Table salt. See Sodium chloride
Taenia saginata, 660, 660f
TAF. See Transcription-associated
factor
Tagmata, 679
Taiga, 1238
Tandem cluster, 359
Tandem duplication, 300
Tannin, 805
Tapeworm, 641t, 659-660, 660f
Taq polymerase, 339-340, 340f
Tardigrada, 640, 642t, 645f
Taste, 926, 926f
Taste bud, 926, 926f, 984
Taste pore, 926
Tatum, Edward, 6, 279
Tautomer, of nitrogenous
bases, 261
Taxol, 806t, 808
Taxonomic hierarchy,
512-514, 513f
Taxonomy, 512-514
Tay-Sachs disease, 71, 249t, 253
Tbx5 gene, 497, 497f
Teeth
dental caries, 561-562, 561t
of mammals, 717, 717f
saber-toothed-ness,
464-465, 465f
of sharks, 700-701
of vertebrates, 984, 984f
Telencephalon, 902t, 903
Telomerase, 272-273, 272f
Telomere, 271-272, 272f
length of, 272
Telophase
meiosis I, 212f, 214
meiosis II, 213f, 214, 216f, 217f
mitotic, 192f, 195f, 197, 216f
Telson, 683, 683f
Temperate deciduous forest,
1238, 1238f
Temperate evergreen forest, 1238
Temperate grassland, 1237
Temperate virus, 533
Temperature
adaptation to speci c range, 1162
altitude and, 1234, 1234f
annual mean, 1231, 1231f
carbon dioxide and, 1251
effect on chemical reactions, 25
effect on enzyme activity, 52,
116, 116f
effect on ower production, 844
effect on oxyhemoglobin
dissociation curve, 1014, 1014f
effect on plant respiration, 797
effect on transpiration, 779
heat and water, 27t, 28
Temperature-sensitive sex
determination, 1086
Template strand, 265, 265f, 280,
285f, 286f
Temporal isolation, 438t, 439
Temporal lobe, 904, 904f
Temporal summation, 900
Tendon, 968
Tendril, 730f, 746f, 747, 821
Tensile strength, 777
Terminal bud, 744, 744f
Terminator, 285, 286, 286f
Termite, 684f
Terpene, 37t, 54, 55f
Territorial behavior, 1149, 1149f
Tertiary follicle, 1095
Tertiary structure, of proteins, 46,
48-49, 49f
Test experiment, 6
Test tube baby, 1102
Testcross, 231-232, 231f, 232t, 241
Testes, 1091, 1091f, 1094f
Testosterone, 943f, 956, 1091, 1093t
Testudines, 699f
Tetanus (disease), 554, 560, 973
Tetrad, 209
Tetrahedron, 26
Tetrapod, 497
Thalamus, 902t, 903, 904-905
Theory, 7, 432
Therapeutic cloning, 383, 383f
Therapsid, 708, 708f
Theria, 718
Thermal strati cation,
1239-1240, 1240f
Thermodynamics, 108
First Law of, 109
Second Law of, 110, 110f,
433, 879
Thermogenesis, 882
Thermophile, 139, 139f, 516,
517f, 550f
Thermoproteus, 550f
Thermoreceptor, 918
Thermoregulation
in birds, 715
hypothalamus and mammalian,
882-883, 883f
in insects, 880, 880f
in mammals, 716
negative feedback loop, 876, 877f
regulating body temperature,
878-883
in reptiles, 710
Thermotoga, 515f, 516
Thermotolerance, in plants, 825
Thick myo lament, 970-971,
970f-971f
Thigmomorphogenesis, 821
Thigmonastic response, 821
Thigmotropism, 821-822, 821f
Thin myo lament, 970-971,
970f-971f
Thiomargarita namibia, 548
Thoracic breathing, 707
Thorn-shaped treehopper
(Embonia crassiornis), 684f
Threshold potential, 893
Thrombocytes, 870. See also
Platelet(s)
Thylakoid, 74, 74f, 148, 148f, 149f,
160, 160f
Thymine, 42, 42f, 259f, 260
Thymine dimer, 274, 274f
Thymus, 956, 1064, 1064f
Thyroid gland, 949, 949f, 951-953,
952f-953f
Thyroid hormone, 939, 951,
952, 952f
Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH),
948, 949
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
(TRH), 949
Thyroxine, 943f, 949, 952f
Ti plasmid, 346, 346f
Tick, 560, 682
Tiger, 438, 438f
Tiger salamander (Ambystoma
tigrinum), 705f
Tight junction, 83-84, 83f
Tiktaalik, 704, 704f
Tinbergen, Niko, 1146,
1147-1148, 1147f
Tissue, 2f, 3, 82, 635, 864, 864f
evolution of, 637
primary, 732, 864
secondary, 732
Tissue culture, plant, 859
Tissue plasminogen activator, 343
genetically engineered,
343-344
Tissue systems (plant), 730,
758-759
Tissue tropism, of virus, 529
Tmespiteris, 599
TMV. See Tobacco mosaic virus
TNT. See Trinitrotoluene
Toad (Bufo), 703, 703t, 705-706
hybridization between species of,
439, 440
Tobacco
evolution of, 477f, 480, 480f
genome of, 480, 480f
Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta),
805, 805f
Tobacco mosaic virus (TMV),
519-520, 519f, 529f
Tocopherol. See Vitamin E
Toe, grasping, 721
Toll-like receptor, 1056
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
genome of, 479f
wound response in, 810, 810f
Tonicity, 1039
Tonoplast, 73
Too many mouths mutation,
in Arabidopsis, 734, 734f
Tooth. See Teeth
Top-down effect, 1219-1221, 1220f
Topoisomerase, 267
Topsoil, 787, 787f
Torpor, 883
Torsion, 670
Tortoise, 707t, 710, 710f
Totipotent cells, 379
Touch, receptors in human skin,
918-919, 918f
Toxin, plant, 805, 806t,
807-808, 807f
Toxoplasma gondii, 578, 578f
Trace elements, 998
Trachea, 1007, 1008f
Tracheae, 680, 681f, 1006, 1118
Tracheid, 589, 593, 737, 737f, 777
Tracheole, 680-681, 681f
Tracheophyte, 589, 596-597
Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens), 843
Trait, segregation of, 222, 226
Trans-fatty acids, 55
Transcription, 43, 280, 280f,
280-281
coupled to translation,
286-287, 287f
DNA rearrangements and,
1073, 1073f
elongation phase of, 285-286, 286f
in eukaryotes, 287-289, 288f
initiation of, 284f, 285, 288, 288f,
304-305, 322f
posttranscriptional modi cations,
288-289, 288f
in prokaryotes, 284-287,
284f-287f
termination of, 286, 286f, 288
Transcription-associated factor
(TAF), 313, 313f
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