d-loop Dalton Darwinian fitness data dauerblastula dauermodification daughter cells de- death phase deca- decussation deficiency degenerate code degrees of freedom deforestation deionized water delamination deletion deletion chromosome deme dementia demyelination denaturation denaturation map Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) denatured dendrites Denhardt's solution denominator element density density-gradient centrifugation dentate nucleus Dentatorubro-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) Denticle pattern deoxynucleotide deoxyribonuclease deoxyribonucleic acid deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate (dNTP) deoxyribose depauperate fauna depolarisation derepressed determinant determination deterministic deuterostomes development di- dia- Diabetes Insipidous Diabetes Mellitus diagnose diakinesis dialysis dicentric chromosome Dichogamy dictyotene dideoxy method dideoxynucleotide (didN) didN differential RNA synthesis differentiation diffusion digest digoxin dihybrid dihybrid cross dilution dimerization dimorphism dioecious plant diplo- diploid diplonema (diplotene stage) diplopia dipole dipole-dipole interaction diprotic acid direct fluorescent antibody test (DFA) directed mutagenesis directional cloning directional selection dis- disability disassortative mating discoidal cleavage discontinuous replication discontinuous variation discrete generations dispersion force dispersive replication disruptive selection dissociation constant distribution distribution function diuretic DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) DNA clone DNA cloning DNA-DNA hybridization DNA fingerprint DNA glycosylase DNA gyrase DNA ligase DNA marker DNA polymerase DNA polymorphism DNA replication DNA-RNA hybridization DNA sequencing DNA Synthesizer DNase (deoxyribonuclease) dNTP docking protein dolicho- domain dominance variance dominant dominant allele (gene) dominant phenotype dopamine Dormancy dorsal root ganglion Dorsal-Ventral Patterning Genes dosage compensation dose dose-response relationship dot blotting double bond double crossover double digest double helix double infection double reduction Down syndrome downstream drift Drosophila Drosophila Ovaries DRPLA Duchenne muscular dystrophy duplicate gene duplication dur- dyad dynein dys- dysmorphology
