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444 Index<br />

choanocyte cells 143, 219<br />

choan<strong>of</strong>lagellates 218–219<br />

cholera 40<br />

cholesterol 157<br />

Chomsky, Noam 233<br />

chopstick effect 45<br />

chordates 162, 220<br />

chordin (chd) gene 120<br />

chromosomes<br />

DNA 133, 135<br />

meiosis 264–266<br />

promoters 327–329<br />

quantitative trait loci (QTLs) 333<br />

sex chromosomes 128, 258–<br />

259, 270, 368, 370<br />

spontaneous chromosome<br />

doubling 203–204<br />

Churchill, Winston 145<br />

cichlid fishes 6<br />

cilia 389–390<br />

Ciochon, Russell 188<br />

Cipro 348<br />

circumnutation 427<br />

Citroens (Complex Information<br />

Transforming Reproducing<br />

Objects That Evolve by Natural<br />

Selection) 296<br />

clades 74<br />

cladistics (phylogenetic analysis)<br />

72–76<br />

advantages <strong>of</strong> 72<br />

cladogram comparison 74<br />

classification using 74–75<br />

definition 72<br />

and evolution 75–76<br />

influenza viruses 158<br />

trait selection 72–74<br />

tree <strong>of</strong> life 399<br />

cladogenesis 253<br />

cladograms 72, 73t, 74<br />

Clarke, Arthur C. 32<br />

Class I transposable elements 293<br />

Class II transposable elements<br />

293–294<br />

classes 247, 249<br />

classification. See taxonomy<br />

Clements, Frederick 249<br />

Clethropsis 222<br />

click languages 234<br />

climate<br />

Gaia hypothesis 170<br />

global warming 180, 207–208,<br />

311, 354<br />

greenhouse effect. See<br />

greenhouse effect<br />

isotope ratios as indicators <strong>of</strong><br />

206, 206224, 224t, 225, 226<br />

Snowball Earth 86, 380–381<br />

Climbing Mount Improbable<br />

(Dawkins) 117<br />

club mosses 364–365, 365<br />

cnidarians (Cnidaria) 141, 142, 219<br />

coal balls 165, 366<br />

coal deposits 68, 84, 310<br />

cocci 37<br />

Cocos Island 173–174<br />

codominant traits 269<br />

codons 134, 134t<br />

coefficient <strong>of</strong> relatedness 16, 17<br />

coelacanths 162<br />

coelurosaurians 61, 124<br />

coevolution 76–83. See also<br />

symbiogenesis<br />

angiosperms 21<br />

convergent 92–93<br />

definition 76–77<br />

flowering plants and pollinators<br />

78–79<br />

ghosts <strong>of</strong> evolution 80–82<br />

mutualism 82–83<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin) 423<br />

from parasitism to<br />

commensalism 79, 82<br />

pathogens and hosts 158<br />

plants and herbivores 77<br />

Cohen Modal Haplotype 259<br />

Colorado, Dinosaur National<br />

Monument 167<br />

color vision 325, 382<br />

Columba (pigeon) 26, 62, 283, 422<br />

comb-jellies (ctenophores) 219<br />

comets. See asteroids and comets<br />

commensalism 77, 77t, 79, 82<br />

communities, ecological 58, 140,<br />

249<br />

competition 282–283, 319, 375,<br />

422–423<br />

Complex Information Transforming<br />

Reproducing Objects That Evolve<br />

by Natural Selection (Citroens)<br />

296<br />

complexity<br />

Dawkins, Richard 117<br />

emergence 143<br />

intelligent design theory and<br />

213–216<br />

irreducible 214–216<br />

language 233<br />

missing links 274<br />

Origin <strong>of</strong> Species (Darwin)<br />

425–426<br />

progress <strong>of</strong> evolution 327<br />

scala naturae 354<br />

thermodynamics 398<br />

complexity theory 144<br />

computers 134, 144, 151–152<br />

concealed ovulation 345<br />

conduction 397<br />

conflict <strong>of</strong> interest 158, 242, 366,<br />

367<br />

Confuciusornis 61<br />

conifers 182<br />

conjugation 197<br />

conodonts 167<br />

consanguineous matings (incest)<br />

339–340, 382<br />

conscience 153<br />

consciousness 44<br />

conservation <strong>of</strong> energy 396<br />

consilience 355, 360, 418<br />

Consilience (Wilson) 418<br />

consonants 232<br />

conspicuous charity 18<br />

Contact (Sagan) 353<br />

continental drift 84–89, 85m,<br />

88–89m<br />

biogeography 50–53<br />

Devonian period 121<br />

distribution <strong>of</strong> organisms<br />

86–87<br />

history <strong>of</strong> 84–86<br />

Hooker, Joseph 197<br />

ice ages 206–207<br />

paleomagnetism 305<br />

Permian extinction 311<br />

plate tectonics 315–317<br />

reconstructing patterns <strong>of</strong> 86,<br />

88–89m<br />

continental shelf area 311<br />

control groups 357<br />

convection 397<br />

convergences 89–93, 90, 92<br />

animal<br />

body forms 91–92<br />

coevolution 92–93<br />

echolocation 91<br />

electrolocation 91<br />

eyes 90–91, 93<br />

social evolution 91

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