Genetics of Original Sin (27 page)

heterotrophes

histones

history of humanity

history of life; environmental conditions and; molecular sequences of

history of science

history of the earth

homeogenes

hominization/hominids; brain size; environmental challenges to; extinction of; fossils of; language skills and; migrations of; within natural selection; number of individuals involved in; Stone Age

Homo erectus

Homo ergaster

Homo floresiensis

Homo habilus

Homo heidelbergensis

Homo neanderthalensis

Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens neanderthalensis

Homo sapiens sapiens

homosexuality

hormones

Hubble, Edwin

human soul

human species; child development; communication skills; developmental changes in; ethnic groups; genetically modified; genetic flaw in; genome; kinds of cells in; language acquired by; multicellular nature of; origin of; possible extinction of; prehistory; salvation of; survival of; synthesis by; tool-making skills.
See also
early human beings; hominization/hominids; prehumans

hybrids

hydrogen

India

Indonesia

Industrial Revolution

insecticides

insects

instant divine creation

intelligence; testing

intelligent design; evolution and

invertebrates

Islam

Israel

Jacob, François

Janzen, Daniel

Java Pithecanthropus

jellyfish

Johanson, Donald

John Paul II (pope)

Judaism

Kammerer, Paul

kangaroos

Kimura, Motoo

kinship

koalas

Koestler, Arthur

Krebs cycle

lactose

Laetoli, Africa

Lamarck, chevalier de

larynx

Lascaux caves, France

Leakey, Louis

Leakey, Mary

Leopold, Aldo

Life Evolving
(de Duve)

lignin

Linné, Carl von

logistic curve

Lovelock, James

LUCA (Last Universal Common Ancestor)

Lucy

Lyssenko, Trofim

mad cow disease

Malthus, Thomas Robert

mammals; cloning of; early; male aggression in

mammary glands

Marsh, George Perkins

marsupials

Mead, Margaret

melanism

Mendel, Gregor

metabolism; ATP and; catalysts for; cell; chemical circuits for; defined; enzymes and; errors of; history of; mechanisms of; metabolic pathways; metabolic pool; mitochondria and; modular combination; reactions; RNA and; vitamins and; waste products of

metabolites

meteorites

methane

methanogens

methyl

microbes; cancer-causing

micro-evolution

microorganisms

Middle East

mimicry

mitochondria; energy production in

mitochondrial Eve

mitosis

molds

molecules: ancient; as building blocks of life; in cells; coenzymes; genetic information stored in; molecular phylogenies; protein; replication of; role in origin of life; sequencing of; short chains of; transcription factors in.
See also
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); RNA (ribonucleic acid)

mollusks

Monet, Jean-Baptiste de

monkeys

Monod, Jacques

monotremes

Montagu, Marc van

morphogenesis

morula

mosquitoes

mosses

motility

motor systems

mouth

Muir, John

multimers

muscles

mushrooms

Muslim world

mutations; affecting the genome; chance and; disease and; favorable; genetic; neutral; optimal outcome for; point

NAD coenzyme

NADP coenzyme

national parks

natural selection; biological evolution and; biology and; bipedalism and; brain size and; defined; destructive consequences of; environment and; evolution and; gene elimination and; genes and; genetic mutations and; genetic traits and; group traits and; heredity and; hominization and; human ability to act against; human desire to procreate and; human need to believe and; human traits and; long-term consequences; male dominance and; neurons and; optimization of; proteins and; rewiring the brain and; role of chance in; self-organization and; short-term consequences; struggle for life and; through evolution.
See also
artificial selection; strategies for overcoming natural selection

Nazi regime

Neanderthals

Near East

neoteny

nervous system

neurobiology

neurons; brain size and; connections among; cortical; division of

nitrates

nitrogen

NTP

nuclear holocaust

nuclear power

nuclear transfer

nutrients in plants

On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection
(Darwin)

organelles; cytoplasmic; eukaryotic

organisms; anaerobic; autotrophic; basic properties of; classification of; complexity of; evolution of; genetically modified organisms (GMOs); heterotrophic; multicellular; putrefying dead; segmented; single common ancestor; unicellular

original sin

original single common ancestor: genetic faults and

origin of life; biochemistry and; chemical nature of; cosmic interaction; first stage; molecular building blocks; natural vs. supernatural; occurrence of selection; research; RNA and; time frame for; in volcanic waters

oxygen; atmospheric; derived from water; obtained by breathing; prokaryotic; role in digestion

paleontology

Paley, William

paramecia

Paranthropu boisei

Paranthropus

Pasteur, Louis

pathogens

penicillin

peptides

pesticides

phagocytic function

phagocytosis

pharynx

phosphate.
See
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid); RNA (ribonucleic acid)

phosphorus

photosynthesis

phylogenetics, molecular

pigs

placenta

plant(s); cancer in; cloning of; diversity of; domesticated; energy derived from sunlight; evolution of; female gametes; fertilization; flowering; fossils; gene insertion technology and; genetically modified; genetic manipulation of; green; land-adapted; migration from water to land; multicellular; reproduction in; spores

poisons

Poland

pollen

pollution

polyps

Pontifical Academy of Sciences

population control strategies; abortion and pregnancy interruption; abstinence from sexual intercourse; birth control and contraception; birthrate reduction; culling; limit on number of births; sterilization

population expansion

prehominids

prehumans; bipedalism of; brain size; common ancestral population; competition for resources; hunting skills; migration out of Africa; tool-making skills; use of fire.
See also
early human beings

primates; evolution of the brain; separation from chimpanzees

prokaryotes

protein(s); allergy-causing; catalysts; combined with DNA; enzymes; history of; molecules; natural selection and; origin of life and; structure of; synthesis (translation) of; as transcription factors

Protestantism

protists

protocells

protometabolism

pygmies

radiation

radioactive isotopes

radioisotopic dating

rational thought

Raven, Peter

religions: afterlife proposed by; belief as foundation of; Bible-based; as defenders of the truth; Eastern; environmentalism and; ethics and; influences of; myths created by; opposition to evolution; rejection of; religious ceremonies; role in education; role in the fight to save the planet; science and; theistic; valuable activities of; wars and

religious fundamentalism

religious intolerance

Remaking Eden
(Silver)

reproduction; alternating generations; biological; cloning and; crossing techniques; defined; on land; molecular replication and; mother cells; in multicellular beings; in plants; sexual; sexual, in plants and animals

reptiles

resources; competition for; exploitation of

respiration

reverse transcription

ribose

ribozymes

RNA (ribonucleic acid); as catalyst; genome; messenger; molecules; origin of; as origin of life; precursors of; proteins and; role in origin of life; structure; synthesis (translation) of; transcription; transfer to DNA; world

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Russia

Sahelanthropus

salvation and redemption

Sanger, Margaret

Schell, Jozef

Schönborn (Austrian cardinal)

seals

sea urchins

seaweeds

seeds

segmentation

selective breeding

sequence space

sexual dimorphism

shape transmission

Silver, Lee

Sinanthropus

single common ancestor

Singularities
(de Duve)

skull shape

snails

specialization

Spemann, Hans

sponges

spores

starfish

strategies for overcoming natural selection; do nothing option; genetic improvements option; population control option; protection of the environment option; religions involved in; rewiring the brain option; women's role in

stress

struggle for life

sunlight as source of energy

superhuman species

supernatural intervention

synapses

Tanzania

Tay-Sachs disease

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre

teleology

teleonomy

Thoreau, Henry David

thyroid

toads

tool-making

transcription control

trees

Turkey

ultraviolet radiation

umbilical cord

United States

UTP (uridine triphosphate)

vertebrates

viruses

vitalism

vitamin D

vitamins

Waddington, Conrad

Wallace, Alfred Russel

“war on terror”

wars and conflicts; perpetrated by men

waste, nuclear

Watson, James D.

weapons

Weismann, August

whales

Wilkins, Maurice

Wilmut, Ian

Wilson, E. O.

worms

Y Adam