SUBJECT INDEX 



actinomycin, 120, 137, 147 

 alkaline phosphatase, 80, 81 

 all-or-none fluctuations, 146-151 

 amplitude of oscillations, 99, 116-119 



as function of 9, 99, 100 

 aporepressor, 23, 29, 89 

 ascorbic acid oxidase, 84 

 asymmetry of oscillations, 66, 67, 98, 

 116 



as function of 6, 99 

 automata theory, 49, 50 



B 



bifurcation values, 113 



biological clocks, 4 

 and embryonic development, 144-146 

 and talandic temperature, 134-139 



Boltzmann probability distributions, 63, 

 114, 115 

 discontinuity in, 148, 149 



canonical ensemble, 58-63 



Cavernularia obesa, 119 



cell division in bacteria, 83 



choline esterase, 73 



circadian rhythms, 21, 86 

 and talandic temperature, 136, 137 

 of luminosity in Gonyaulax, 119, 120 

 of pH in the sea-pen, 119, 120 



collagen synthesis, dynamics of, 93, 94 



competence (embryological), 

 and cellular timing mechanisms, 142- 



146 

 duration of, 142 



competitive interactions, 18, 35, 58, 59 



condition of integrability, 47, 52 



control circuits, 38-45, 48-50 



control equations, 

 dynamics of, 32-34 

 for mRNA synthesis, 26-30 

 for metabolites, 31, 32 

 for protein synthesis, 25 



control of talandic temperature, 

 by antibiotics, 137, 138 

 by nutrient supply, 134-137 

 by temperature, 138, 139 



control variables, 24 



D 



Darwinian process, 123 

 deoxyribonuclease, 73, 92, 93, 146 

 deoxyribonucleic acid, 3, 26 

 discontinuity, 



and embryonic induction, 151 



statistical, 148, 149 



topological, 113, 151 

 discontinuous oscillations, 92, 146-151 



embryonic induction, 143, 144 



and topological discontinuities, 151 

 end-product repression, 40-44 

 entrainment, 122-131 

 environment of biological systems, 9, 10, 



14,15 

 enzyme induction, 1 3 

 epigenetic system, 9, 1 3 

 equation of state, 140-142 

 equilibrium in epigenetic system, 67, 68, 



72 

 equipartition theorems, 64, 65, 115 

 Escherichia coli, 80, 8 1 



feedback inhibition, 3 1 , 32 

 feedback repression, 3, 23, 24 



kinetics of, 26 

 fitness, 2 



frequency demultiplication, see sub- 

 harmonic resonance 



jS-galactosidase, 1 3 



gamma function, incomplete, 70 



genetic system, 14 



Gibbs ensemble, 56 



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