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750 Index<br />

synonymous changes (cont.):<br />

DNA 170, 176, 178<br />

mutation 173–4, 176, 177<br />

nucleotides 169, 170<br />

random drift 181–2<br />

synthetic theory of evolution 15<br />

systematics 689<br />

new 18<br />

Systematics and the Origin of Species (Mayr) 17<br />

tandem repeats 27<br />

tarweed plant 503, 504<br />

taxa 689<br />

characters influencing extinction/speciation<br />

rates 658, 660–2, 663, 664<br />

extinction probability 666–7<br />

Lazarus 647<br />

origin of higher 551–2<br />

phenetic definition 647<br />

replacements 669–74<br />

taxonomic patterns 669–70<br />

taxonomic rate of evolution 609–11<br />

taxonomy 349, 374–7, 689<br />

above species level 376–7<br />

evolutionary 475<br />

folk 375<br />

numerical 354, 368, 474, 478, 686<br />

ranking 484<br />

see also classification<br />

3TC drug resistance 45–6, 75, 88<br />

teeth<br />

horse 591, 592, 593, 598<br />

mammalian 544<br />

primates 546<br />

see also carnivores, saber-toothed<br />

Telicomys gigantissimus 513<br />

temephos resistance 117<br />

Tempo and Mode in <strong>Evolution</strong> (Simpson) 18<br />

tension zones 410<br />

terminal addition 574–5<br />

Tertiary era 540<br />

Tetraopes (beetle) 618–19<br />

tetrapods 540–2, 689<br />

leg function 264–5<br />

limb evolution 541<br />

pentadactyl limb 55–7, 59<br />

ancestors 541–2<br />

homology 428, 431<br />

Hox gene expression 584–5<br />

modern 541–2<br />

rate of evolution 165<br />

phylogenetic relations 481–2<br />

see also amphibians; birds; mammals;<br />

reptiles<br />

therapsids 544–5<br />

Thompson, D’Arcy 577, 578<br />

thumb, opposable 546<br />

thymine (T) 25<br />

“tiger”, saber-toothed 429–30, 504–5<br />

tiger moth, scarlet 16<br />

titanotheres 257–8<br />

toucan 493<br />

Tragopogon (salsify) 405<br />

transcription 25–6, 689<br />

transcription factors 24, 579–80<br />

transfer RNA (tRNA) 25, 26, 57, 58, 689<br />

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

transformism 7, 44, 689<br />

transitions 28–9, 689<br />

translation 25–6, 689<br />

transposable elements 29<br />

transposition 29<br />

transversions 28–9, 689<br />

tree-frog 10, 335<br />

Triassic era extinctions 649<br />

Tribolium castaneum (flour beetle) 303–4,<br />

356–7<br />

trilobites, Ordovician 605<br />

Triturus cristatus (European crested newt)<br />

274–5<br />

tropical adaptation 552<br />

Tsuga (hemlock tree) 498<br />

tuatara 494, 495<br />

turtles, classification 476<br />

two-locus model 199, 202–3<br />

adaptive topography 215<br />

hitch-hiking 210<br />

natural selection 206–10<br />

typological species 354, 689<br />

“typological thinking” 363–5, 485n<br />

Ubx gene 585<br />

ungulates 513<br />

uniformitarianism 54, 66<br />

vaccines, human disease virulence 629<br />

valley crossing 394–5, 600–1<br />

see also adaptive peaks<br />

Van Valen, L.M. 637–8, 639<br />

variables, frequency (P) 99n<br />

variance (statistical) 232, 233, 689<br />

additive 232, 235–6<br />

fruitfly viability 322<br />

phenotypic 235–6<br />

variation<br />

adaptation 88<br />

biochemical level 83–4<br />

cellular level 81–3<br />

chromosomes 82–3<br />

continuous 76, 80, 226, 227<br />

directed 13<br />

DNA level 84<br />

environmental effects 228–31, 231–2<br />

fitness 74<br />

genetic effects 228–32<br />

heritable 245–6<br />

human 364, 365<br />

interindividual 52<br />

mimetic 226<br />

morphological level 81<br />

mutation 87–8<br />

natural populations 246–9<br />

natural selection 74<br />

population 81–4<br />

recombination 87–8<br />

reproductive success 85–7<br />

see also genetic variation<br />

The Variation of Animals in Nature (Robson &<br />

Richards) 17<br />

vascular tissue 538<br />

vehicles, selection 311<br />

Vermeij, G.J. 634, 636<br />

vertebrae, cervical/thoracic 583–4, 585–6<br />

vertebrates, evolution 540–5<br />

vicariance events 505–12<br />

virulence<br />

human disease and vaccines 629<br />

parasitic 624–5, 626, 627–8, 629<br />

viruses 689<br />

human diseases 451<br />

movement between species 451<br />

mutations 88<br />

primate infections 631–2<br />

see also HIV; RNA viruses<br />

vision, stereoscopic 545<br />

visual acuity 261–2<br />

volcanic eruptions 655, 657<br />

de Vries, Hugo 13<br />

Vulpes (fox) 472<br />

Wahlund effect 130<br />

waif dispersal 513<br />

Wallace, Alfred Russell 10, 11, 494<br />

Wallace’s line 494, 495<br />

warblers 389<br />

Maine species 353<br />

Seychelles 339–40<br />

Ward, P.D. 653<br />

warning coloration 128–9<br />

wasps<br />

braconid 614, 615<br />

fig 413, 628, 629<br />

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