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deletion 562<br />

diversity 161<br />

homoplasies 428<br />

human 558, 578<br />

hybridization 441<br />

information encoding 23–5<br />

loss 562<br />

molecular distance 441, 442–3<br />

mutations during replication 168<br />

neutral drift 177–8<br />

non-coding 23, 27, 179, 189, 567–9<br />

origin 530<br />

pseudogenes 176, 177, 178, 321–2<br />

rate of evolution 160<br />

repetitive 568<br />

replication 27–31<br />

sequences 180–1, 189<br />

alignment 452<br />

composition 444<br />

evolution 321–2<br />

inversions 84<br />

phylogenetic inference 437, 438–9<br />

selective sweeps 210–12<br />

structure 23<br />

synonymous evolution 170, 176, 178<br />

transcription 25–6<br />

translation 25–6<br />

transposons 567<br />

Dobzhansky, Theodosius 4, 16<br />

isolating barriers 355, 356<br />

Dobzhansky–Muller theory of postzygotic<br />

isolation 389–99, 404, 408–9<br />

genes causing isolation 417<br />

Haldane’s rule 398–9<br />

predictions 391–2<br />

valley crossing 394–5<br />

dog<br />

African hunting 50<br />

see also Canis familiaris (dog)<br />

dolphin phylogeny 450, 451<br />

domestic animals, artificial selection 50<br />

dominance 34, 684<br />

effect 229–30<br />

variance 232<br />

Drosophila (fruitfly) 16, 82<br />

adaptive radiation 644<br />

alcohol dehydrogenase 83, 84, 624<br />

alleles 180<br />

assortative mating 402, 403<br />

character displacement 403, 404<br />

chromosomes 22<br />

deleterious mutations 323<br />

eye development 580–1<br />

fruit consumption 624<br />

generation length 174<br />

genes regulating development 580<br />

genome size 562<br />

Hawaiian 67<br />

area cladogram 512<br />

cladistic classification 483, 484<br />

phylogenetic unrooted tree 463–4, 465<br />

limb development 585<br />

linkage equilibrium 209<br />

monogamy 336, 337<br />

mutation rate 32, 174, 322–3<br />

Odysseus gene 415–16<br />

phylogeny 503, 504<br />

preferential mating 388<br />

random sampling 138–9, 140<br />

reproductive isolation 384, 385, 386<br />

Sdic gene 211–12<br />

segregation disorder gene 294–5<br />

selective forces 335–6<br />

sibling species 368<br />

stabilizing selection 246–7<br />

viability variance 322<br />

wing veins 242, 243–4, 245<br />

drug resistance 45–6, 75, 76<br />

genes 212, 213<br />

HIV 88<br />

drug susceptibility 76<br />

dwarfism, chondrodystrophic 123<br />

eagles 348–9, 350<br />

Earth<br />

asteroid collision 651–2, 653, 655, 656, 657<br />

magnetic field 529<br />

ecological adaptation 370, 386–7, 500<br />

ecological characteristics 496<br />

ecological genetics 16, 684<br />

Ecological Genetics (Ford) 16<br />

ecological maladaptation 374<br />

ecological niches 666<br />

persistence 664<br />

ecological species 353–4, 370, 377, 684<br />

ecological theory of postzygotic isolation<br />

395–6<br />

ecological tolerance range 496<br />

ecologically specialist species 668<br />

ecophenotypic switches 602, 604<br />

EcoR1 restriction enzyme 84<br />

ecosystems<br />

change 4, 5<br />

interconnectivity 657<br />

ecotones 363<br />

ectopic structures 581n<br />

Ediacaran fossils (Australia) 534, 535<br />

egg, amniotic 542<br />

egg laying, hens 305<br />

egg receptor protein, abalone 392–3<br />

Index 737<br />

Ehrlich and Raven, coevolution 616, 617, 620<br />

El Niño events 224–5, 373, 596<br />

rate of evolution 596, 597<br />

Eldredge and Gould, punctuated equilibrium<br />

599–600, 601, 603<br />

elephant, excess fecundity 73<br />

embryo, vertebral development 584<br />

embryogenesis, somatic 296, 297<br />

embryology, mutation constraint 281<br />

embryonic development 265<br />

encephalization quotient 632–3<br />

Encyclia cordigera (orchid) 85, 86<br />

end-Permian mass extinction 649, 675<br />

endemism 493<br />

enhancers 579, 586–7<br />

Ensatina (salamander) 50–3, 54, Plate 1<br />

reproductive isolation 388–9<br />

environment<br />

character effects 227, 231–2<br />

ecophenotypic switches 602, 604<br />

rate of deterioration 639<br />

variance 232<br />

environmental change<br />

coevolution of parasites/hosts 323–5, 326,<br />

327<br />

replacement patterns 669–70<br />

enzymes 24<br />

restriction 84<br />

Eohippus see Hyracotherium (horse ancestor)<br />

Epidendrum exasperatum (orchid) 85<br />

Epihippus gracilis (horse) 598<br />

epistasis 163, 207, 208–9, 216, 684<br />

alleles of characters 231<br />

synergistic 323<br />

Erinaceus (hedgehog) 499, 500<br />

escalation 634–6<br />

Escherichia coli 372<br />

EcoR1 restriction enzyme 84<br />

genome reduction 562<br />

Essay on Population (Malthus) 10<br />

Euclidean distance 479<br />

Eukarya (eukaryotes) 22, 455, 459, 532–3, 684<br />

gene homologies 558<br />

Eusthenopteron (fish-like fossil) 540<br />

Eutheria 545, 672, 673, 684<br />

eutrophication, isolating barriers 357, 358<br />

evo-devo 684<br />

molecular cooption 265<br />

evolution<br />

change in meaning 7n<br />

controversy 10–11<br />

before Darwin 7–9<br />

definitions 4–5<br />

direction 88<br />

experiments 47–8

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