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Watson, James 22<br />

Weismann, August 13, 296<br />

Weismannist organisms 296, 305–6<br />

Weldon, W.F. 14<br />

Westoll, T.S. 606–8<br />

whales<br />

fossil 60<br />

phylogeny 450, 451<br />

vestigial bones 59, 60<br />

Williams, C.G. 307<br />

balance argument 319–20<br />

definition of gene 308, 309<br />

group selection 319–20<br />

sexual reproduction puzzle 315, 319–20<br />

units of selection 307–10<br />

wing veins, selection for 242, 243–4, 245<br />

wings<br />

eyespot development in butterflies 586<br />

homology 55, 581<br />

rate of evolution in birds 165<br />

wolf see Canis lupus (gray wolf)<br />

woodpecker 6, 10<br />

Wright, Sewall 15<br />

adaptive topography 214–16<br />

shifting balance theory 216–19, 267,<br />

362<br />

Wynne-Edwards’ theory of animal dispersion<br />

301, 302<br />

X/Y sex chromosome 565–7<br />

xenarthrans 513<br />

Y chromosome 566<br />

yeasts 22<br />

Yoruba people 454–5<br />

Zahavi, A. 331, 333, 334–5<br />

zygote 33, 689<br />

Index 751

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