546 Index
Marriage model, equations, 155
Martiel, J.-L., 219, 406
Masland, R.H., 485, 499
Maternity function, 132
Maximum
economic yield (harvesting), 67
growth rate, 31
sustainable yield, 30, 64
May, R.M., 15, 16, 30, 33, 99, 100, 102, 109, 118,
318, 340
McFadden, D., 142
McKean, H.P., 443, 467
McKendrick, A.G., 123, 318, 320, 325
McLean, A.R., 336, 344
McLeod, J.B., 461
McNease, L., 123
Measles, 327
Measurements at different magnification, 486
Medaka, 437, 467, 468
eggs, 467
Meinhardt, H., 206
Menten, M.I., 175
Metabolic control mechanism, 222
Metabolic feedback, 201
Metz, J.A.J., 36
Metzen, W.D., 123
Meyer, E.R., 119
MFD (male determining factor), 142
Michaelis constant, 177, 187
Michaelis, L., 175
Michaelis–Menten
reaction, 175
uptake, 186, 187
Milton, J.G., 21, 28
Mira, C., 62, 109
Mirollo, R.E., 296
Mitchell, A.R., 443
Mitchell, P.J., 401
Mitchie, C.A., 344
Mittler, J.E., 350
Miura, R.M., 511
Mogilner, A., 405
Mollison, D., 442
Monk, A., 219, 406
Monod, J., 221
Montague, P., 485
Morales, M., 119
Morphogenesis, chemical theory, 401
Morse, P., 408
Mosquito swarm, 404
Motoneuron, 423
mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid), 218, 221
Murray, J.D., 20, 72, 121, 123, 136, 137, 146, 175,
180, 182, 185, 198, 236, 246, 260, 261, 265,
269, 277, 365, 378, 392, 396, 401, 405, 408,
413, 416, 417, 438, 444, 454, 455, 459, 465,
482
Mushroom (reaction kinetics), 208–210, 212
Muskrat, 478
Mutualism, 79, 99
Myers, J.H., 17
Myoglobin, 401
Nagumo equation, 467
Nagumo, J.S., 239, 240
Namias, V., 511
Natural selection, chaos, 103
Neal, E.G., 369
Neanderthal extinction, 115
Negative feedback loop (biological control), 222
Nelson, P.W., 336, 341, 350
Nerve action potential, 218, 467
Neu, J., 293, 429, 430
Neubert, M.G., 402
Neural
activity oscillation, 218
bursting activity, 423
Hodgkin–Huxley theory, 239
signalling, 244
Neural model
Hodgkin–Huxley (nerve membrane), 239
Neuron, 239, 289, 422
periodic firing, 242
Neurotransmitter, 425
Newman, W.I., 452
Nichols, J.D., 122, 123
Nicholson, A.J., 15, 16, 71, 84
Nijhout, H.F., 438
Nile perch (Latis niloticus), 104
Nisbet, R.M., 16, 88, 136
Nondimensionalisation, 7
Nonlinear maps, 45
Nonlocal effects, 408
Normal (Gaussian) probability distribution, 396
Notochord, 423
Nowak, M.A., 336
Noyes, R.M., 258, 259, 261, 276
Obervational coding (marital interaction), 149
Odell, G.M., 465, 501
Odum, E.P., 84
Oestrogen
breast cancer, 252
Okubo, A., 399, 402, 404, 405
Oldstone, M., 316
Onchocersiasis (river blindness), 361
Oregonator (BZ) model (oscillating reaction), 260
Oscillation, 275
Oscillator
annihilation, 292