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734 Index<br />

angiosperms (cont.):<br />

insect pollination 617<br />

phylogeny 459, 461, 539–40<br />

pollination 622, 623<br />

Angraecum sesquipedale (orchid) 617<br />

Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social<br />

Behaviour (Wynne-Edwards) 301<br />

animal kingdom, branches 8<br />

Animal Species and <strong>Evolution</strong> (Mayr) 360<br />

ankylosing spondylitis 203<br />

Anolis (lizard) 502–3<br />

Anopheles culicifacies (mosquito) 115,<br />

116<br />

ant see Formica fusca (ant)<br />

apes, great 461, 462<br />

human evolution 546–7, 578–9<br />

see also Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee)<br />

Apex Chart (Western Australia) 530<br />

Aphelcoma coerulescens (Florida scrub jay)<br />

299–301, Plate 6<br />

Aquila chrysaetos (golden eagle) 348–9<br />

Arabidopsis (thale cress) 560, 624<br />

Archaea 22, 455, 459, 532<br />

gene transfer to bacteria 564<br />

Archaeopteryx 55<br />

Archaeothyris (pelycosaur) 544<br />

area cladogram 506, 508, 509–10,<br />

682<br />

marsupial mammals 510–11<br />

osteoglossine fish 511<br />

Argyropelecus olfersi (fish) 578<br />

arthropods<br />

leg development 585<br />

molting 276–7<br />

quantum growth method 276–7<br />

artificial selection 50, 682<br />

character heritability 236–40<br />

evolutionary rate 598<br />

experiments 47–8<br />

flour beetles 304<br />

genotype–phenotype relation 245<br />

Asclepias (milkweed) 618–19<br />

asexual reproduction 314, 315–16, 682<br />

mutation rate 317–18<br />

phenetic clusters 372<br />

phylogenetic tree 318–19<br />

asteroid collision with Earth 651–2, 653, 655,<br />

656, 657<br />

atomistic theory of heredity 39, 682<br />

Atractomorpha australis (grasshopper) 83<br />

Australia, Huntington’s disease 142<br />

Australopithecus 547–8<br />

autosomes 33, 682<br />

average neighbor technique 477, 478<br />

axolotl 575–6<br />

B chromosomes 83<br />

baboon, viral infection 631–2<br />

bacteria 22, 455, 459, 532<br />

absence of sex 323<br />

asexual reproduction 372–3<br />

gene transfer to Archaea 564<br />

genome size 563<br />

linkage disequilibrium 209<br />

mutation rate 32<br />

population genetics 372<br />

symbiotic mergers 563<br />

bacteriophage adaptation 269<br />

balance argument 319–20<br />

barnacles 430, 473, 474<br />

Basilosaurus 60<br />

Bateson, William 13<br />

bats, wings 55, 581<br />

Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail butterfly)<br />

195<br />

Beagle voyages 9, 513<br />

beak shape 270, 386<br />

rate of evolution 595–6, 597–8<br />

beak size 80–1, 223–5, 270, Plate 4<br />

ecological species concept 354<br />

environmental effects 228<br />

genetic variation 248<br />

genotype 226, 228–9<br />

heritability 236, 240<br />

influences 227<br />

phenotype 228–9<br />

pleiotropy 386<br />

Becerra, J.X. 620, 621<br />

beech see Fagus (beech)<br />

beetle<br />

Colorado potato 117<br />

see also Tetraopes (beetle); Tribolium<br />

castaneum (flour beetle)<br />

Benton, M.J. 675–6<br />

Bergman’s rule 360<br />

Bilateria 535–6, 580n<br />

Hox gene expansion 582, 583<br />

biogenetic law 12, 683<br />

biogeography<br />

congruence 509–10<br />

geographic distribution of species 493–4,<br />

495<br />

climate 497–500, 501<br />

dispersal 496–7<br />

limitations 496<br />

vicariance events 505–12<br />

homologous similarity 61<br />

island 515<br />

reinforcement in speciation 402–5<br />

vicariance 505–12<br />

biological species 352–3, 375, 377, 683<br />

biometricians 14<br />

bipedality 546, 550<br />

birds 65–6<br />

amniotic egg 542<br />

ancestral homologies 432<br />

helpers at nest 299–301, 339–40<br />

intermediates in fossil record 55<br />

mobbing 299<br />

phylogenetic relations with reptiles 426,<br />

427<br />

predation of peppered moth 108, 112–14<br />

sexual selection 329<br />

tail length of males 328, 329, 330–1, 332–4<br />

vertebrae 584, 585–6<br />

wings 55, 581<br />

rate of evolution 165<br />

see also beak shape; beak size<br />

birth, humans 546<br />

birthweight, humans 76–7, 78, 80<br />

Biston betularia (peppered moth) 16, 81,<br />

108–14<br />

bird predation 108, 112–14<br />

camouflage 270<br />

fitness estimates 113, 119–20<br />

industrial melanism 112, 113, 114<br />

melanic genotype inherent advantage<br />

114<br />

migration 113–14<br />

blending theories of heredity 38, 40, 103<br />

blood groups, MN system 102–3, 132<br />

blowfly, Australian sheep 276<br />

blue-green algae 607–8<br />

body coloration 288<br />

body size<br />

adaptive 276–7<br />

increased 87<br />

natural selection 76–7, 78, 79, 80<br />

selective fishing 79, 240<br />

brachiopods, mass extinction 650<br />

brain size 279, 287, 516<br />

humans 546, 550<br />

primates 546<br />

vertebrate species 632–4<br />

breeding groups, small 152<br />

Brundin, L. 505–6, 507<br />

Bryophyta 538<br />

Bryozoa<br />

Caribbean 603–4<br />

competitive replacement 670–1<br />

diversity 676<br />

Buchnera (bacterium) 562<br />

Bursera (tree) 620, 621<br />

butterflies<br />

camouflage/color patterns 271<br />

eyespot development on wings 586<br />

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