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linkage disequilibrium 207, 309<br />

measurement 279<br />

Mendelian inheritance 41<br />

model 107–8<br />

molecular evolution 156–9, 165<br />

natural populations 86–7<br />

nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution<br />

174–5<br />

pollinators 617<br />

polymorphism 156<br />

maintenance 123–4<br />

preconditions 74–5<br />

prezygotic isolation 402<br />

protein structure 180–1<br />

rarer genotype elimination 401<br />

reduced hybrid fitness 373–4<br />

reproductive isolation reinforcement<br />

399–401<br />

response to 240, 242, 243–4, 245<br />

selective sweeps 210–12, 213<br />

single locus model 120–1<br />

soft 163<br />

speciation 386<br />

species 303<br />

comparisons 184–5<br />

selection 665, 666<br />

stabilizing 76–7, 78, 80, 245–6, 600<br />

definition 688<br />

genetic variation 246–7<br />

strength estimation 240–2<br />

synonymous/non-synonymous changes<br />

181–2<br />

theory 12<br />

truncation 238<br />

two-locus model 206–10<br />

units of 294, 306–10<br />

genes 307–10<br />

virulence 627–8, 629<br />

see also adaptive peaks; artificial selection;<br />

kin selection<br />

natural theology 256–7<br />

Neanderthals 548–9, 550<br />

nearest neighbor technique 477, 478<br />

nearly neutral theory of molecular evolution<br />

171–5<br />

molecular clock 173<br />

natural selection 174–5<br />

neighbor joining 452<br />

Neisseria gonorrhoeae 209<br />

nematodes 582–3<br />

fig wasp parasitism 628, 629<br />

see also Caenorhabditis elegans (nematode)<br />

neo-Darwinism 1, 15, 38, 599, 686<br />

neoteny 575, 576<br />

neotropical anachronisms 273, 274<br />

neutral drift see genetic drift<br />

neutral theory of molecular evolution 156,<br />

157–8, 159, 162–3, 686<br />

DNA evolution 179<br />

genetic variation 170<br />

modifications 158–9<br />

mutational process 168<br />

mutations 173<br />

rate 184<br />

protein evolution 178<br />

Newcomer’s organ 614, 616<br />

newt, European crested 274–5<br />

niche<br />

fundamental/realized 496<br />

see also ecological niches<br />

nominalism 375<br />

non-synonymous to synonymous evolution<br />

(dN/dS) ratio 181–2, 183, 184–5<br />

see also synonymous changes<br />

Nordenskiöld, Erik 13<br />

North America<br />

geological map 525, Plate 10<br />

Great American Interchange 512–17<br />

nucleoside inhibitors 45, 75<br />

nucleotides 24–5, 160, 686<br />

diversity 149, 161<br />

non-synonymous changes 169, 170<br />

rate of evolution 160, 161<br />

recombination 36<br />

synonymous changes 169, 170<br />

nucleus 533, 686<br />

Odysseus gene 415–16<br />

Oecoeclades maculata (orchid) 85<br />

Ohno’s hypothesis of genome duplication<br />

560, 561, 582<br />

Ohta’s nearly neutral theory 171–5<br />

Oligocene–Eocene boundary mass extinction<br />

667<br />

ompT gene loss 562<br />

On the Origin of Species (Darwin) 1, 7, 10, 504,<br />

601, 658<br />

Onchorhynchus gorbuscha (pink salmon) 76,<br />

78<br />

ontogeny 573<br />

Opisthocomus hoazin (hoazin) 187<br />

orang-utan 462, 463<br />

orchids 617<br />

reproductive success 85–6<br />

orders (taxonomic) 377, 472, 483<br />

Ordovician era 540<br />

extinctions 648, 649<br />

organ transplantation, rejection 203<br />

organelles 533, 687<br />

see also chloroplasts; mitochondria<br />

Index 745<br />

organs<br />

adaptations for functions 284<br />

evolution 13<br />

functions 286<br />

vestigial 59–60<br />

orthogenesis 18, 258, 687<br />

orthologs 457–8<br />

Oryctolagus cuniculus (rabbit) 625, 626<br />

outgroup comparisons 434–5<br />

Owen, Richard 8–9, 11<br />

oxygen, atmospheric 533<br />

paleontologists 18<br />

Paleozoic fauna 649, 675<br />

pan-neutralism 157–8, 176<br />

Pan troglodytes (chimpanzee) 49, 461, 462<br />

common ancestor 483<br />

DNA 578<br />

immune system 631<br />

phylogenetic relations with other hominoids<br />

442<br />

shared characters with humans 446<br />

Panamanian land bridge 513<br />

Panaxia dominula (scarlet tiger moth) 16<br />

pangenesis, hypothesis of 13<br />

Papilio (swallowtail butterfly) 195–7, 198,<br />

Plate 3<br />

adaptation 269<br />

coadaptation 197, 216<br />

epistasis 207, 208<br />

fitness 207–8<br />

haplotype frequency 200–3<br />

linkage disequilibrium 204–5<br />

linkage equilibrium 200–3<br />

mimetic polymorphism 196–7, 207, 213,<br />

269<br />

mimetic variation 226<br />

mimicry 195–7, 196, 213, 216, Plate 3<br />

non-random associations 204–5<br />

Parahippus (horse) 593<br />

paralogs 457–8<br />

rooting unrooted trees 459, 460<br />

Paramecium 314–15<br />

parapatric speciation 382, 408–11, 687<br />

hybrid zones 410, 411<br />

stepped clines 409–12<br />

paraphyletic groups 480, 481–3, 687<br />

evolutionary classification 486, 487<br />

extinction 647<br />

parasite–host relations 353, 614–15<br />

interactions 127–8<br />

parasites<br />

coevolution with hosts 323–7, 335, 393,<br />

614–15, 623–32<br />

cophylogenies with hosts 630–2

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