SUBJECT INDEX 



Stir pic niv Ms not indexed; /></v«' 

 numbers in hold fat i rt '< r to 

 ftgun i. 



acetylation, histone, 497-498 

 acridines, 317. 303. 394. 437 

 actinomycetes, 452 

 actinomycin D, 363, 426. 431, 



494 



activation, 179 



Activator, 384-386. 386, 457 

 adapter RN A (set RNA) 

 adaptive value (see fitness, bio- 



logical ) 

 adenine. 255. 256. 391, 394, 395 



2-methyl, 256 

 adenosine, and analogs. 391-392. 

 453 



triphosphate (ATP). 279, 428, 

 450 

 adenylosuccinase, 410 

 terobacter, 452 

 albinism, 37. 38, 406 

 alcaptonuria, 404, 405, 406 

 aleurone, 25. 26. 470 

 alkylation and mutation. 402 

 alleles. 33 



iso-. 59-60. 384 



multiple. 57-62. 478-479 



pseudo-. 479-480 

 allopatric, 243 

 allopolyploidy (amphiploidy), 



155. 247-249 

 amino acids, coded by nucleic 

 acids. 436-445 



in DNA, 276 



sequences. 365. 414, 417 



i\pes. 411 

 amorphs. 194 



amphibian development. 502 

 anaphase. 8. 9, 17. 18. 20, 21 

 anemia. 39. 71-72. 71. 209. 413- 



416. U3 

 anlage (imaginal disc). 82 

 anthocyanin. 470 

 anthropology. 241-242 

 antibiotics. 221 

 antibodies, 57. 504 

 antigens. 57. 359. 360. 504 

 Antirrhinum (snapdragon). 54. 

 69 



546 



anucleolate, 427 



antipodal nuclei. 2."i. 26 



apples. 247 



apurinic acid. 396 



arabinose in DNA. 394 

 \Mcmia ( water shrimp ). 152 

 W.uis. 14. [52, 383. 384, 494 



ascospores and ascus, 26. 27 



Aspergillus, 479, 504 



asynapsis, 168, 190, 383 



ataxia. 41 



atmosphere, "primitive." 510 



attached-Xs, 122. 123, 478, 479 



auxotroph, 295 



autopolyploidy, 152. 246 



autosome. 90 



Bacillus. 297. 329. 426, 435, 445. 



452. 502 

 backbone, nucleic acid, 260, 271, 



397 

 backcross, 46 



bacterial mutation, 306-309 

 bacteriophage (phage, <£), 330 



BF-23. 360 



development in host, 340, 341 



f2. 363, 365. 440, 445, 453 



ghosts. 360 



helper, 336 



host range, 343 



immature, 340, 341 



lambda, 334-336 



MS2. 363, 365, 366, 425 



P2. 362 



PBSI. 452 



plaque type, 342-343. 342 



pro-. 331, 362 



R or R17. 340, 365, 454 



recombination mechanism, 

 350-351 



RNA. 363 



SI 3. 271, 395 



T. 266, 339-349. 339 



Tl, 360. 403 



T2. 360. 395. 396. 402, 450 



T4. 396. 436. 440. 445, 481 

 deletion 1589. 438-439 

 morphogenesis. 501-502 



T5. 360. 391-392 



T6. 360, 391-392 



tail. 339, 360 



temperate (nonvirulent ). 331, 

 336, 349-351 



virulent (intemperate). 342, 

 348 



XI 74. 271. 286. 340. 395. 397. 

 402. 426 

 balancers (halteres), 480 

 liar and I Itrabar, 474-477. 476 

 Barr body, 484. 486 

 Base method. 195, 196, 197 



base, changes and mutation. 394 

 changes in new genes, 398-399 

 changes in old genes, 395 398 

 methylation, 429 

 pans. 200. 305 

 ratios. 265. 200 

 variation in DNA. 452-453 



binomial expression. 524. 535 



biometrics. 519 539 



biotin. 408 



birds. 93-95 (see also poultry) 



bithorax and postbithorax. 480 



bronze variegation. 469-470 



balanced lethals, 229 



balanced polymorphism, 218 



baldness. 88 ' 



beans. 1 . 2 



benzene. 253. 254 



bivalent. 16 



blood types. 57. 58, 59, 77. 241- 

 242 



bobbed bristles, 119. 194, 195, 

 487 



Bonellia. 111-112 



Brachyury (Brachy), 83. 84 



bread mold (see Neurospora) 



bridge-breakage-fusion-bridge 

 cycle. 165. 166 



broad bean (Vicia faba), 453 



butterflies, 95 



cabbage. 248 



cancer. 89, 504 



carbamates, 192 



carbon- 14, 224-225 



carbon dioxide sensitivity, 369- 



370 

 carriers. 205 

 cartilage. 80 

 catnip (Nepeta), 373 

 cats. 4, 1 15. 490 

 cattle. 55. 68. 504 

 cell. 5. 7 



competence. 297 



mating, somatic. 503-504 



membrane, 7, 506 



organization. 506 



plasma. 504 

 centriole. 378-379. 513 

 centromere (kinetochore). 6, 



185. 379 

 centrosome, 7, 378-379 

 cesium- 137, 224-225 

 cesium chloride. 273. 323 

 chemical evolution. 510-514 

 chemical stability. 512 

 chemorecovery, 191, 397 

 chiasma interference. 136 

 chiasmata, 16. 18. 19, 22. 124, 

 125, 133, 135 (see also 

 crossing over) 

 chicken (see poultry) 



