Calculus for Life Sciences

APPLICATIONS AND MODELS INDEXS

A

Acetaminophen:

clearance rate of, 226–227, 245–246, 259–260

concentrations of, in body, 15–16, 23, 87–90, 283–284, 288

concentrations of, in children, 289

Actuarial formula for death, 403

Aerobic rate, 289

Age, and life expectancies, 581–582

AIDS, new cases of, 24, 263, 444, 453

Airborne diseases, 253

Albatross trip durations, 539

Albertosaurus, 575

Algal population, 236, 238–239

Allee effect model, 467–468

Allele

definition, 90

deleterious, 197–198

disruptive selection 166–168

frequency model, 334, 339

lethal recessive model, 91–92, 100–102, 159, 166, 170

random segregation, 91

sickle cell, 334–335, 342

Animals:

drug dosages for, 208

metabolic rates of, 208–209

populations of, 289

Anna's hummingbird distribution in the ponderosa pine forests of the southern Sierra mountains, 618

Ants:

biodiversity of, 186–187, 288, 386

strength of, 47

Anthrax, 212–213

Aphid, 221, 231

Apples weights, 103

Arctic fin whale, 302–303, 311

Arctic sea ice, 177, 181, 250

Arteriosclerosis, 230

Aspirin concentrations in body, 98–99

Autocatalytic genes, 490, 496–497

Autocatalytic reactions, 23, 476

B

Babies, birth weights of, 553, 573

Bacterial population:

and glucose, 182, 220, 276, 288, 394

and phage therapy, 674

decrease in, 276, 289

growth of, 56, 57, 118

Ball

optimal fetch by dog 303–304, 312

probability in roulette 510–511

velocity when thrown 181, 194

Barro Colorado Island, 602

Bee density, 103

Beer froth, 51–53, 55, 56, 117, 118, 154, 208

Beet armyworm, 429

Beetles: ...