SUBJECT INDEX 



163 



quantized oscillators, 133, 153 

 quantum theory, 133 



rate of mRNA synthesis, 



in bacteria, 81 



in higher organisms, 84 

 rate of protein synthesis, 



in bacteria, 81 



in higher organisms, 84 

 regeneration, 95 

 relative mean frequency of zeros, 103, 



121,122 

 relaxation time, 10 



of epigenetic system, 13, 89-92, 94-96 



of metabolic system, 11 

 rhythms, 4, 21 



saturation, of a control circuit, 93, 94 

 self-optimizing machines, 20 

 self-replication, of ribonucleic acid, 147 

 stability of strongly-interacting oscil- 

 lators, 112 

 statistical mechanics, 1, 55 



of epigenetic system, 4, 55, 56 

 steady state, 6, 14 



and relaxation time, 10 

 stochastic variables, 80 

 storage capacity, of metabolic pools, 29 

 subharmonic resonance, 86, 1 18-122 

 switching circuits, 17 

 synchronous locking, of strongly-inter- 

 acting oscillators, 122-131 



talandic, 62 

 energy, 63,71 



and adaptive potential, 152 



talandic (coiitd.) 

 entropy, 72 

 force, 76 

 free energy, 7 1 

 kinetic energy, 64 

 temperature, 64 



and non-linearities, 152 



and organizational properties of 



cells, 1 52 

 and periods of a biological clock, 

 136, 137 

 temperature compensation, 138, 139 



effect on system parameters, 138 

 temporal organization, 5 

 time structure, and generation of space 



structure, 146 

 timing mechanisms, 5 

 and embryological competence, 142- 



146 

 in Xenopus laevis embryos, 142, 143 

 topological discontinuity, 1 1 3 

 trajectory, of control systems, 34 

 transformation of epigenetic variables, 



36,47,51 

 trypsin, 17 

 tryptophane pyrrolase, 13 



u 



units, 



for epigenetic variables, 24, 25 

 of talandic temperature, 67 



variational principle, 37, 38 

 Volterra system, 68 



W 



wave-forms, of epigenetic variables, 34 



X 



Xenopus laevis, 142, 143 



