

INDEX 



Paramecium, 373, 374, '575, 376. 



454. 505 506 

 parameter, 520 

 paramutation, 470 

 paranemic and plectonemic, 268. 



49h 



pansexuality . 504 



Parkinson's disease, 505 



parthenogenesis, 152 



pea, garden, 10, 31, 42. 116 118 



gene action in. 497 

 sued. 1 19 



pedigree, 73, 95 



ot causes. 72 

 method. 37 

 symbols, 36 



penetrance and expressivity. 72- 

 74 



Penicillium, 504 



pentasomic, 158 



pentose. 257 



pericarp. 25, 26 



variegation. 465-469 



pericentric. 167, 237 



perifertilization stages, 193 



peroxide. 192. 360, 512 



persistence. 219 



perspiration. 49 1 



petites. segregational or vegeta- 

 tive. 378 



phage {see bacteriophage) 



phagocytosis, 298 



phenocopy. 4. 317. 358. 439-440 



phenogenetics. 79 



phenol. 364 



phenotype. 3. 52 



phenotypic ratios. 49-52. 49 



phenylketonuria. 205, 206. 406- 

 407 



phenylpyruvic acid, 407 



phen\l thiocarbamide (PTC), 

 214 



phocomelia. 4, 80 



phosphate, pyro- and ortho-, 279, 

 450. 451 



phosphodiesterase, splenic, 281- 

 282. 285 



phosphorous-32 as mutagen, 395 



photoproduct. ultraviolet, 396 



photorecovery, 191, 397 



pigeon chromosome. 496 



pine. 251 



pinocytosis, 7. 298 



pistil. 26. 61 



planetary research. 515 



plaque (clearing). 342-344. 342 



plasm. iblast, 504 



plastids, 370 373 



pleiotropism. 70 72. 70. 404, 406 



ploidy. 151 



plus-minus test. 5 30 



pok\ in Neurospora. 378 



Pneumococcus I Diplococcus), 



295. 452 



point mutants and phenotype, 

 [93 195 



polar nuclei. 24. 25, 26 

 polariu. strand. 2(>(). 270, 271 

 poliomvelitis. 77, 78. 363. 453 

 pollen. 25. 26. 60-62 

 poly (A + U). 289 

 polj UiA + T). 289 

 polyamines. 339 

 Polydactyly. 72. 73 

 polydeoxyrihotide, 259. 260 

 polykaryocytosis, 503 

 polymer. 260 

 polymorphism. 218. 241 

 polvnemv (polyteny). 153, 154, 



155. 383. 481 

 polynucleotide, 263 



phosphorylase, 431. 441. 442 

 polypeptide, amino (N-) end, 429 



carboxyl (C-) end. 429 



and gene action. 404-419 



synthesis and RNA. 423-431 

 polyploidy. 151. 383 

 polyribotide. 263 



homo-. 443 



mixed. 441 

 polysaccharide, 295. 296 

 polysomes (polyribosomes, ergo- 



somes). 430, 431. 435 

 polysomic. 157, 158 

 population genetics. 201-212, 



216-225 

 population mean, 534 

 population method. 37 

 position effect, 385, 468 



in Drosophila. 473-481 

 potato, 246-247 

 Potentilla (cinquefoil ). 243 

 poultry. 55, 56, 68, 79-81, 80, 



81, 93. 94, 266 

 power of the test, 537-538 

 precursors determined. 405, 406. 



407 

 presence-absence view, 57 

 probability. 134. 136, 524 

 proboscis. 111, 112 

 proflavin, 393 

 promotor, 358 

 prophage. 331 

 prophase. 6. 9, 16. 17, 18. 19, 20, 



21 

 protamine, 252, 497 

 protein, 410, 496-498 

 protein evolution. 512 

 protein of TMV, 364, 365 

 proteinoids. 5 I 1 

 Proteus, 336 

 protoplast. 340 

 prototroph, 295 

 provirus. 338 



Pseudomonas, 336, 435 



pupa. 24 



pure line. 1. 150 



purine. 253, 254, 256 

 2-amino-, 399 

 dimethylamino-. 256 

 6-methylamino-, 255. 256 

 ribosides as antimutagens, 391- 

 392 



puromycin, 424 



putrescine, 339 



pyrimidine. 253. 254, 255 



quadrivalent, 248 

 quail. Japanese. 88 

 quantum, 192 

 Queen Victoria, 101 



rll region. 344-349. 344, 392- 

 393, 436-440, 481 



rabbit, 4, 57. 67. 71 



races, 241-249 



rad, 181 



radiation, and genetic load. 223- 



225 

 and mutation. 179-185 

 radish, 248 

 Rana (frog), 502 

 Raney Nickel. 448 

 rats. 487. 504, 505 

 ravelase (unravelase). 302 

 recessive, 35 

 reciprocal translocation. 170. 



183, 234, 237-238 

 recombination, unit of. 302 

 reconstitution experiments. 365 

 red blood corpuscles, 57, 71, 413. 



485 

 redundancy, 344 

 regression, 64. 65 

 regulatory, super-, mechanisms. 



470 

 replica plating, 307-311. 308, 



309, 310, 311 

 replication, 8. 10. 449 (see also 



DNA; RNA) 

 replicative form (RF), 366, 426 

 repressor substance, 457 

 reproduction. 5 



vegetative. 292, 293 

 reproductive barriers. 244-245 

 reproductive isolate. 206 

 reproductive potential (see fit- 

 ness, biological ) 

 repulsion and coupling. 118 

 resistance to colicins. 360 

 resistance transfer factors (RTF). 



359 

 restitution, 164-166 

 reticulocyte. 425, 435. 440, 445 

 retinoblastoma. 204. 219 

 Rhesus (Rh) factor. 58 



