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738 Index<br />

evolution (cont.):<br />

long-term extrapolation 54–5, 66<br />

small-scale observations 66<br />

theory of 44<br />

see also macroevolution; microevolution;<br />

molecular evolution<br />

<strong>Evolution</strong>: the Modern Synthesis (Huxley) 15,<br />

16<br />

evolutionary escalation 634–6<br />

evolutionary rate 591–611<br />

Darwin’s finches 595–6<br />

functional constraints 175–8<br />

measurement 591–3<br />

non-continuous character changes 606–8<br />

stasis 600<br />

taxonomic measurement 609–11<br />

time interval 597–8<br />

variation 596–9<br />

evolvability 587<br />

The Expression of the Emotions (Darwin)<br />

7n<br />

extinction 162<br />

altruism 298<br />

antagonistic coevolution 638–40<br />

asexual populations 319<br />

background 651, 656, 666, 667<br />

causes 646, 647, 648<br />

climate 655, 667<br />

competitors 644<br />

consequences 646, 647, 648<br />

events 653<br />

fossil record 646, 647, 648<br />

modern 646<br />

paraphyletic groups 647<br />

plate tectonic movements 655<br />

probability 637–8, 655–6, 666–7<br />

rate 648, 649, 653<br />

characters influencing 658, 660–2, 663,<br />

664<br />

distribution fit to power law 655–7<br />

fractal 656–7<br />

mollusk larval type 661–2, 663, 664<br />

sedimentary record quality 657–8,<br />

659–60<br />

species selection 665<br />

sea level change 654–5<br />

selfish groups 302<br />

sexual populations 319<br />

species interdependence 656–7<br />

synchronous 653<br />

taxonomic 647<br />

volcanic eruptions 655, 657<br />

see also Great American Interchange; mass<br />

extinctions; Red Queen hypothesis<br />

ey gene 580, 581<br />

eye<br />

coadaptations 260–2<br />

crystallins 265<br />

function during evolution 264<br />

genes controlling development 580–1<br />

homology 580–1<br />

stalked 280, Plate 5<br />

Fagus (beech) 498<br />

families 48, 377, 472, 483<br />

faunal regions of world 494, 495<br />

faunal types, fossil 649<br />

feathers 264<br />

fecundity<br />

excess 72–3, 74<br />

flour beetles 303–4<br />

female choice 329–35<br />

ferns 538<br />

fertility<br />

genotypes 98<br />

hybrid 53<br />

variable 152<br />

fibrinopeptide A 62<br />

filter bridges 497<br />

finch see Geospiza (Galápagos finches);<br />

Pyrenestes ostrinus (African finch)<br />

fish 65–6<br />

Cartesian grids 577, 578<br />

coastal populations 664<br />

flying 286<br />

fossils 540–1<br />

freshwater populations 664<br />

lobe-finned 482, 540<br />

osteoglossine 511<br />

ray-finned 540<br />

tail shapes 574<br />

Fisher, Ronald Aylmer 15<br />

adaptive evolution model 178, 218–19,<br />

266–7, 268, 269<br />

costly character preference 329–30,<br />

332–3<br />

mutation rate in sexual reproduction<br />

317–18<br />

runaway process 329–30, 331, 332–4<br />

sex ratios 337, 338–9<br />

Fisher–Muller theory 317–18<br />

fishery yields 79<br />

fishing<br />

salmon 76, 240<br />

selective/sustainable 79<br />

fitness 85, 86, 104–5, 107, 684<br />

adaptive topography 214–16, 218, 219<br />

DDT resistance 116<br />

deleterious mutations 323<br />

epistatic 163, 207, 208–9, 216<br />

estimates 109–10, 113, 118–20<br />

sickle cell anemia 120, 126<br />

unfavorable mutations 121–3<br />

genotype 104, 127–9, 391<br />

survivorship 111–12<br />

heritability 333–5<br />

hybrid 373–4<br />

interactions 208<br />

mean 105–6<br />

multiplicative 163, 207, 208<br />

natural selection 74, 81<br />

negative frequency dependence 127<br />

peppered moth 108<br />

population 216–17<br />

positive frequency dependence 127,<br />

128–9<br />

reproductive 287–8<br />

selective factors 112–14<br />

swallowtail butterfly 207–8<br />

two-locus genotype 206–7<br />

variation 74, 81, 86<br />

see also reproductive success<br />

flies<br />

Australian sheep blowfly 276<br />

tachinid 614, 615<br />

see also Cyrtodiopsis dalmanni (stalk-eyed<br />

fly); Rhagoletis pomonella (tephritid fly)<br />

floral regions of world 495<br />

flowers, deceptive 85–6<br />

flycatcher, European collared, tarsus length<br />

248–9<br />

Ford, E.B. 16<br />

Formica fusca (ant) 614–15, 616<br />

fossil(s) 524–5<br />

cells 530–3<br />

composition of site 528–9<br />

correlation 529<br />

crown group 536<br />

encephalization 634<br />

fauna 525–6<br />

fish 540–1<br />

geological time 525–6<br />

igneous rock 528<br />

leaf damage by insects 636, 668<br />

living 165, 167, 494<br />

evolutionary rate 606–8<br />

multicellular 533, 534, 535<br />

predator–prey adaptations 635<br />

reference 528–9<br />

spores 538<br />

stem group 536<br />

vertebrate 540–5<br />

fossil record 64, 66<br />

apes 460–3<br />

biometrical evidence 602<br />

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