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INDEX 



cell division, 116, 117, 119-124, 127-135, 



137-143 

 cholinesterase activity, 48, 51, 56 

 cholinesterase denaturation, 49, 50 

 cholinesterase, fly head, 47 

 cholinesterase inhibition. 52, 53 

 cholinesterases, various, 47, 48 

 conduction, in nerve, 183-198, 201, 214 

 cytochrome as-oxygen reaction, 40-44 

 development, 142, 145-162 

 developmental threshold, 146 

 DFP action, 52, 53 

 dry weight production, 173 

 egg cleavage, 100 

 egg weights, 152-155 

 enzyme activation energies, 47-50 

 enzyme inhibitions, 52-56 

 enzyme inhibitors, 61-69 

 fat reserve, 153-155, 158 

 fiber tension, 89-91 

 folding and unfolding, 71, 72 

 fruiting behavior, 163 

 gel structure. 111, 112 

 growth of plants, 163-174 

 hatching threshold, 145 

 heat-activatable enzymes, 61-69 

 hemoglobin-CO reaction, 41 

 hemoglobin-NO reactions, 41 

 hemoglobin-oxygen reaction, 38, 41 

 hemoglobin dissociation curve, 262 

 insect development, 145-162 

 intermediate reactions, 30-32, 40-44, 47 

 larval growth, 160 

 larval weights, 154, 155 

 latent period, retinal action potential, 



224, 226. 227 

 low sodium block. 188-194 

 membrane capacity, 209 

 membrane impedance, during activity, 



212 

 membrane resistance, 209. 212-214 

 muscle membrane resistance, 209 

 muscular contraction, xi-xiii, 83-108 

 myoplastic resistance, 210 

 narcotized axon, 217-219 

 nerve activity, 175-198, 201-219 

 ner\e potentials, 196 

 node development, 172 

 node formation rate, 166, 167. 172 

 nyctinastic movements, 169 



ontogenesis, 142 



optical activity. 19 



oxygen consumption, 151, 153, 232, 243, 

 246, 259, 260, 262, 264 



peroxidase intermediate reactions, 42 



plant cell growth, 164 



plant hormone action, 163, 165, 166, 174 



plant morphology, 166, 167, 172 



plasmagel strength, 114-124 



potassium block, 182-188. 196 



pressure effects, 76, 77 



protoplasmic streaming, 166, 167, 172, 

 173 



protyrosinase, 61 



pyrophosphatase activity, 62-69 



rate of cleavage, 137-143 



rate of growth, 146 



recovery after low sodimn, 177-195 



refractory period, 201, 211 



respiration rate, 173, 260 



resting potential, 190. 209 



retinal action potential, 223-227 



rhodopsin bleaching, 221-223. 226, 227 



rhodopsin excitation, 221. 222 



root growth, 164. 172 



sarcopla.stic resistance, 210 



shock-response interval. 211 



.sol-gel changes, 112. 114-125 



stem elongation, 172-174 



strength-latency relation, 213-215 



sugar storage, 165, 172 



sugar translocation, 164, 172 



synchronization of division, 127-129, 

 131-135 



tetanus in muscle, 95-97 



threshold, in nerve, 213 



urethan action, 140-143 



volume changes, 76, 77 



weight losses, 151, 152 

 Temperature-humidity effects, on insect 



development, 156, 157 

 Temperature-liglit dependence 



of mitosis, 171 



of node formation rate. 167 



of pea variability, 169 



of plant growth, 167-170 

 Temperature mutants, 63 

 Temperature-pressure dependence 



of myosin ATP-ase activity, 71-80 



of narcotized axon activitj', 217-219 



