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signaling proteins 579, 580<br />

silverside (fish) 79<br />

similarity, indexes of 494, 495<br />

Simpson, George Gaylord 18, 19, 593,<br />

601<br />

Simpson’s index 494, 495<br />

sister species 479, 489<br />

Sivapithecus (Ramapithecus) 460–3<br />

slippage 29<br />

slo gene 24<br />

sloth, ground 513<br />

snails see Cepea nemoralis (snail); Partula<br />

(snail); Potamopyrgus antipodarum<br />

(freshwater snail); shells, shape analysis<br />

snakes, vestigial hindlimbs 59, 60<br />

“snowball Earth” hypothesis 537<br />

somatic development 575, 576, 577<br />

South Africa, Afrikaner population 141–2<br />

South America, Great American Interchange<br />

512–17<br />

sparrow, house see Passer domesticus (house<br />

sparrow)<br />

speciation 54, 382–419<br />

character divergence 386–7<br />

competition 353<br />

Darwin’s finches 596<br />

divergence 389<br />

ecological theory 395–6<br />

events 457<br />

fossil record 599–600<br />

genes causing reproductive isolation<br />

415–17<br />

genetic divergence 388–9<br />

geographical barriers 382–3<br />

geographically distant population crossing<br />

387–9<br />

Haldane’s rule 396–9<br />

hybrid 406–8<br />

microallopatric 503n<br />

natural selection 386<br />

non-allopatric populations 408–9<br />

pump 499<br />

rate<br />

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

664<br />

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

species selection 665<br />

reinforcement 399–405, 409, 410, 412<br />

sexual selection 413–15<br />

synchronous 631<br />

valley crossing 394–5, 600–1<br />

see also allopatric speciation; cospeciation;<br />

parapatric speciation; postzygotic<br />

isolation; prezygotic isolation;<br />

sympatric speciation<br />

species 688<br />

ancestral 503<br />

ancestral relations 424–5<br />

blurring out 375<br />

categories 374–5<br />

center of origin 497<br />

change 7, 9<br />

character displacement 366–7<br />

classification 48, 49, 472, 483<br />

concepts 351–5<br />

biological 352–3, 375, 377, 682<br />

ecological 353–4, 370, 377, 684<br />

phenetic 354–5, 367–9, 687<br />

phylogenetic 354–5<br />

typological 354, 689<br />

cosmopolitan 493<br />

definition 348–50<br />

descendant 503<br />

divergence 455, 456, 487–9, 503<br />

diversity 674–6<br />

ecological 353–4, 370, 377, 684<br />

ecological characteristics 496<br />

ecological influences 366–7<br />

ecological tolerance range 496<br />

ecologically specialist 668<br />

endemic 493<br />

experimental production 53–4<br />

fundamental niche 496<br />

gene flow 369–70, 371, 372–3<br />

geographic distribution 493–4, 495<br />

dispersal 496–7<br />

limitations 496<br />

geographic subdivision 383<br />

geographic variation 359–63<br />

horizontal concepts 351–2<br />

interdependence 656–7<br />

intermediates 51–2<br />

molecular genetic markers 352<br />

numbers of individuals 676n<br />

phylogenetic branching relations 479–81<br />

polytypic 368–9, 687<br />

realized niche 496<br />

recognition 348–50<br />

reproductive isolation 53, 382, 384, 385,<br />

386<br />

divergence 489<br />

selection 658, 660–2, 663, 664–8<br />

macro-/micro-evolution controlling<br />

factors 665–6<br />

during mass extinctions 666–8<br />

natural selection 665, 666<br />

separately evolving populations 384, 385,<br />

386<br />

sibling 368, 375<br />

sister 479, 489<br />

Index 749<br />

subpopulations 51<br />

subspecies 375–6<br />

transformation 7, 64, 577, 578<br />

variation 50–3, Plate 1<br />

vertical concepts 351–2<br />

see also interbreeding; ring species<br />

species trees 458<br />

sperm, competition 356–7<br />

sperm lysin, abalone 392–3<br />

sphenacodontids 544<br />

Sphenodon (tuatara) 494, 495<br />

splicing, alternative 24, 559<br />

spoil-tips 369, 370<br />

spores, fossil 538<br />

standard deviation (statistical) 233, 241–2<br />

stasis 600<br />

Steller, Georg 646<br />

Sternopteryx diaphana (fish) 578<br />

stickleback 664, 666<br />

stop codons 25, 26, 28, 29, 57<br />

Streptanthus glandulosus (Californian flower)<br />

387–8<br />

stromatolites 531<br />

struggle for existence 74<br />

sturgeon 574<br />

subpopulations 217, 218<br />

genetic difference maintenance 132–3<br />

subspecies 375–6<br />

substitutional load 162, 163<br />

substitutions 689<br />

synonymous 169<br />

succinate dehydrogenase (sdhb) 563<br />

survival<br />

chance 104<br />

male 331–2<br />

probability 293<br />

scrub jay offspring 299–300<br />

survivorship curve 609–10, 637, 638<br />

Red Queen hypothesis 639<br />

suture zones 499, 501<br />

swallow, barn 333, 334<br />

sweep-stakes 497<br />

Sylvilagus brasiliensis (rabbit) 625<br />

symbiosis 266, 533<br />

mergers 563–5<br />

symmetry, deviations from 276<br />

sympatric speciation 382, 405, 408–9, 411–13<br />

cichlid fish 503n<br />

definition 689<br />

phylogenies 413<br />

sympatry 366, 689<br />

prezygotic isolation 403<br />

synonymous changes 169, 181–2, 183, 184–5<br />

amino acids 176, 177<br />

codon bias 188–9

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