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INDEX




aardvarks 191, 192

abominable snowman, see Yeti

adaptive radiation 99–101, 143–5, 191–6, 200, 207, 208, 210–12

Africa 42, 83, 84, 129, 130, 166, 189, 191–3, 197–200, 203, 210, 215–16, 217

Afrotheria theory 190–3

agouti-signaling protein 53

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), see HIV virus

algae 150–2

Allen’s rule 218

alligators 37, 80

altruism 134

amphibians

   general 7, 42, 68–71, 79, 80, 137–40, 173, 209, 219, 220

   taxonomic genus Allobates 70,

     Colostethus 70,

     Dendrobates 69, 73,

     Epipedobates 70,

     Ichthyophis 208, 209,

     Nasikabatrachus 200,

     Philautus 208, 209,

     Phyllobates 69, 73,

     Uraeotyphus 209

Amphioxus 174

Andes Mountains 72, 73, 190

annelids 140, 175

Antarctica 159–62, 191, 198

antelopes 117, 123, 191, 210

antifreeze proteins 159

ants 69, 70, 101–4, 134, 135, 200

apes 118

   see also chimpanzees, gorillas

aphids 104, 134

aposematic coloration, see warning coloration

Appalachian Mountains 138

Archaea 178, 179

Arctic region 161–62, 213

area cladogram 198

Argentina 19, 74, 86, 129

Aristotle 1, 129, 223

armadillos 192, 193

arthropods 175

   see also invertebrates

ascidians 174

asexuality 1

   see also parthenogenesis

Asia 48, 79, 80, 99, 100, 129, 216, 217

auklets 80

Australia 42, 49, 110, 115, 159, 191, 193–6, 198, 203, 210–12

bacteria

   general 121, 154, 178, 179, 181, 186

   see also Archaea

   taxonomic genus Alcaligenes 122,

     Desulfobacter 122,

     Desulfomonile 122,

     Desulfosarcina 122,

     Desulfovibrio 122,

     Desulfuromonas 122,

     Escherichia 122,

     Magnetospirillum 122,

     Planctomyces 122,

     Proteus 122,

     Pseudomonas 122,

     Rhodopila 122,

     Rhodospirillum 122

badgers 45, 47, 111, 112, 116

barbets 20, 21–2

barnacles 204

bats 3, 12, 118–21, 192, 227

Bayesian methods 14

bears 44, 45, 46, 47, 111, 212–14, 215

bees 134

beetles 134

Bergmann’s rule 218–20

bettongs 115

bilateral symmetry 175–8

billfishes 162, 163, 164, 165

bills (avian) 19–22

biodiversity x, 8, 11, 73, 76

biodiversity hotspots 208

biogenetic law, see recapitulation

biogeography, see phylogeography

biological classification 1, 12, 44, 216, 218, 223

bipedality 114–17

birds

   general 2, 6, 42, 47–8, 52, 54–68, 77–87, 104–7, 110, 129–31, 170, 193–6, 219, 220

   taxonomic genus Agelaius 54,

     Anas 58–62,

     Anser 63,

     Arenaria 19,

     Aquila 45, 48,

     Caladris 130,

     Catharus 130–1,

     Charadrius 19,

     Coccyzus 84,

     Collocalia 80,

     Cyanocitta 55,

     Ensifera 20,

     Eutoxeres 20,

     Gallus 79,

     Haematopus 19,

     Harpagornis 44, 47,

     Heteronetta 84,

     Hieraaetus 45, 48,

     Hirundo 129,

     Icterus 62,

     Malimbus 80,

     Mellisuga 20,

     Molothrus 86,

     Numenius 20,

     Oenanthe 130,

     Opisthocomus 154,

     Piranga 54,

     Pitohui 65,

     Scaphidura 86,

     Serinus 129,

     Stercorarius 63,

     Troglodytes 55,

     Turdus 129

birds-nest soup 80

blackbirds 54, 192

blowholes 127

bonitos 164

Borneo 210, 211, 216

brood parasitism 84–7

brood pouch 93–5, 117, 141–3, 196

   see also pipefishes, seahorses, viviparity

bushbaby 174

butterflies 66, 68, 71–6, 101–4

caecilians 208, 209

CAIC (computer software) 236

caimans 37

camels 123, 125

Caribbean region 143–5, 207

caterpillars 74, 75

catfishes 166

cats 45, 46, 49, 192

cattle 123, 125, 154

Central America 68, 129

cetaceans 122–8, 192

Ceylon, see Sri Lanka

chameleons 89, 107, 196–200

chevrotains 123, 125

chickadees 62

chickens 77–80, 178

chimpanzees 2, 49, 50, 187, 188, 201, 203

China 79

chirality 28

chloroplast (cp) DNA

   evolutionary origins of 183

   general description of 9, 10

civets 45, 49

cladistics, see also maximum parsimony

   history and methods 223–8

   terms and concepts 225, 226

cleidoic egg 77–80, 137

clonal reproduction, see parthenogenesis

clutch-size rule 218

c-myc (proto-oncogene) 39

cnidarians 175, 204–7

codfishes 161

coelacanth 42–4

co-evolution 101–7

   see also brood parasitism, commensalism, Müllerian mimicry, mutualism, pollination, protocooperation, social parasitism

commensalism 150

Comoros Islands 197, 199

conservation, see biodiversity

continental drift 159, 190–1, 197–200

copepods 204

copperhead snakes 158

corals 175, 204–7

coral snakes 156, 158

correlated character states 233–8

   see also independent contrasts

cottonmouth snakes 158

countercurrent heat exchanger 163

cowbirds 86–7

crabs 28, 34–5, 36, 98–101, 208

creationism 170

Cretaceous 41

crocodiles 37, 79, 80, 87

crows 47, 195

cryptic colorations 52, 53–4, 68

cryptic species 73–6, 103, 143, 204–5, 208, 216

Cuba 144, 145, 146, 211

cuckoos 84

cytochrome c 8

cytochrome oxidase 74

cytoplasmic genomes 9–10

   see also chloroplast DNA, mitochondrial DNA

Darwin, Charles 1, 2, 6, 91, 170

Darwin, Erasmus 1

David, Père Armand 44, 47

de Buffon, Comte 1

deer 47, 123, 125

delayed implantation 110–13

dinosaurs 80, 191

DNA barcoding 76

DNA forensics 173, 188

   see also cryptic species

DNA hybridization 13, 45, 193–4, 195

DNA repair 178–80

Dobzhansky, Theodosius 3

dogs 45, 46, 48, 192

Dollo’s law 25–8, 30, 34, 140

donkeys 50

doves 84

ducks 47, 58–62, 79, 82, 84

eagles 47–8, 49

ear bones 220

echinoderms 140, 173, 175

echolocation 120, 124, 128

ectothermy 162, 218

eels 166

egg, see cleidoic egg, oviparity

egg dumping, see brood parasitism

electrical currents 160–2, 168

elephantfishes 166–8

elephants 123, 191, 192, 215–18

elephant shrews 191, 192

embryonic diapause, see delayed implantation

endangered species 104

endophyte 184

endosymbiosis 183

endothermy 162–5, 218–20

epidemiology 187

Era of Genomics 218, 221

Europe 104, 111, 129, 130, 193, 203, 214, 215

eusociality 134–5, 136

eyes 14, 91, 118, 150, 163, 165, 170–4, 196

fairy wrens 193, 194, 195

fantails 194, 195

fermentation (in foregut) 153–6

filefishes 132

fishers 112

fishes

   general 7, 22–5, 42–4, 68, 80, 90–8, 110, 131–4, 159–68, 169–70, 172, 178, 181, 208

   taxonomic genus Auxis 164,

     Balistes 133,

     Batheropterois 171,

     Boleopthalmus 171,

     Carcharodon 165,

     Chilomycterus 133,

     Chloropthalmus 171,

     Coryphaena 164,

     Coryphopterus 171,

     Cyclothone 171,

     Dormitator 171,

     Electrophorus 166,

     Eleotris 171,

     Euthynnus 164,

     Eviota 171,

     Fusigobius 171,

     Gambusia 92,

     Gasterochisma 164,

     Gasterosteus 162, 163,

     Gempylus 164,

     Gobiodon 171,

     Gobionellus 171,

     Gobiosoma 171,

     Gonostoma 171,

     Heterandria 92,

     Hippocampus 93,

     Istiophorus 164,

     Katsuwonus 192,

     Lampanyctus 171,

     Latimeria 42,

     Lepidocybium 164,

     Lepomis 96, 133,

     Lophogobius 171,

     Makaira 164,

     Monocanthus 133,

     Neoceratodis 42,

     Neogobius 171,

     Neoheterandria 92,

     Parvilax 171,

     Phallichthys 92,

     Poecilia 92, 96,

     Poeciliopsis 91, 92, 110,

     Priapella 97,

     Priapichthys 92,

     Priolepis 171,

     Puntius 208,

     Ruvettus 164,

     Sarda 164,

     Sauridia 171,

     Scomber 164,

     Scomberomorus 164,

     Scopelengys 171,

     Sphoeroides 133,

      Sphyraena 164,

     Stenobranchius 171,

     Stenoptyx 171,

     Symbolophorus 171,

     Synechogobius 171,

     Syngnathus 93,

     Synodus 171,

     Tetrapterus 164,

     Thunnus 164, 165,

     Trachinocephalus 171,

     Triacanthus 133,

     Trichiurus 164,

     Xiphias 164, 165,

     Xiphophorus 96, 97

flatworms, see platyhelminths

fleas 32

flightlessness 32–4, 47

fluoroacetate 65

flying fishes 22, 23, 24

folivory 232, 233

forensics, see DNA forensics

fossil DNA 20, 47–8

foster parentage, see brood parasitism

foxes 45, 48–51, 159

francolins 79

frequency-dependent selection 27, 30

frogs 66, 68–71, 137, 174, 200, 208, 209

   see also amphibians

fruitflies, see Drosophila under Invertebrates

fungi

   general 9, 150–2

   taxonomic genus Arthonia 151, 152,

     Dictyonema 151, 152,

     Lecanora 151, 152,

     Multiclavula 150, 151,

     Omphalina 150, 151

Galápagos

   Islands 210

   finches 232, 233

Garden of Eden model 203

gazelles 123

geckos 107, 110

gene flow 140

Generelle Morphologie der Organismen 6, 7

genetic drift ix, 4, 57

gene trees (as distinct from species trees) 5, 16, 38

   see also mitochondrial DNA

genomes (structures of) 8–9, 11

   see also Human Genome Project

gharials 36–9

gill brooding 143

giraffes 123, 125

Gloger’s rule 218, 221

glycoproteins, see antifreeze proteins

gnatcatchers 62, 195

goats 123

Gondwanaland 191, 193, 196, 198, 200–4

gorillas 3, 45, 49, 50

goshawk 49

granivory 232, 233

grebes 80, 84

Greece 79

Greenland 129, 130

grouse 79

guineafowl 79

gulls 64

guppies 96–8

gypsy elements, see transposable elements

Haeckel, Ernst 6–7, 23

Haiti 189

halfbeak fishes 22–3, 24

Hawaiian Islands 148–9, 210–12

Hennig, Willi 224

hermaphroditism 169, 170

hibernation 120, 129

Himalayan Mountains 48, 190, 198

hippopotamuses 123, 124, 125

Hispaniola 144, 146

HIV viruses 187–9

hoatzins 154

holoparasite 184

homeothermy, see endothermy

homeotic genes 25, 30, 177

homobatrachotoxin 66

Homo sapiens , see humans

honeycreepers 149, 212

honeyeaters 194, 195

honeyguides 20, 84

horizontal gene transfer 154, 180–9

   see also endosymbiosis

horses 8, 45, 50, 51, 117, 123, 191

Hox genes 177

Human Genome Project 178

humans 2, 4, 10, 11, 45, 49, 50, 134, 169, 173, 174, 178, 179, 187–9, 200–4

hummingbirds 20, 104–7

hybridization 68, 108, 210, 214, 218

hydras 175

hyenas 45, 51

hyraxes 191, 192

icefishes 160–2

immunological comparisons 45

inclusive fitness 134

incubation 82

   see also brood parasitism, viviparity

independent contrasts 233–8

Indian Ocean 42, 197, 198, 199, 200

Indian subcontinent 37, 191, 197, 198–200, 207–9, 210

Indonesia 37

insectivory 232, 233

introgression, see hybridization

invertebrates

   general 2, 25–35, 52, 66, 71–6, 98–104, 105, 110, 134–5, 143, 145–50, 172, 174–8, 181, 204–5

   taxonomic genus Alpheus 136,

     Armases 100,

     Astraptes 74,

     Caradina 208,

     Drosophila 34, 173, 174, 181–3, 212,

     Erythranthe 105–7,

     Euhadra 25, 30, 31,

     Euphilotes 102,

     Favia 205, 206,

     Glaucopsyche 102,

     Heliconius 66, 71–3,

     Iolana 102,

     Maculinea 101–4,

     Metopaulias 98,

     Montastrea 205, 206,

     Myrmica 101–4,

     Otnjukovia 102,

     Pachygrapsus 100,

     Phengaris 102, 103,

     Pseudophilotes 102,

     Scolymia 205, 206,

     Sesarma 98,

     Sesarmoides 99, 100,

     Sigapatella 28, 30–4,

     Sinia 102,

     Streblospio 140–3,

     Synalpheus 135, 136,

     Tetragnatha 148–50,

     Tisbe 204,

     Trochita 27, 28, 30, 32,

     Turanana 102,

     Zegalerus 28, 34–5

jacamars 20

Jamaica 98, 100, 144, 146

jays 55, 195

jellyfishes 175

jumping genes, see transposable elements

kangaroos 45, 47, 112, 114–17

kingfishers 62, 80

kiwis 47

Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste 1

langurs 154, 156

lateral gene transfer, see horizontal gene transfer

lecithotrophy 91, 140–3

lemurs 118, 200

lice 32

lichens 150–2

life cycles 137–43

life-history traits 82, 122, 143

   see also life cycles

limbs (evolutionary loss of) 39–42

limpets 26–8

Linnaeus, Carolus 1, 223

live-bearing, see viviparity

lizards 39, 80, 87, 89, 107–10, 143–5, 146, 169, 218

   see also reptiles

lobsters 34

lorises 118

lungfishes 42–4

lysozymes 154–6

MacClade (computer software) 230

mackerels 162, 163, 164

Madagascar 199, 210

magnetotaxis 121

magpies 64, 195

Malaysia 37

mammals

   general 2, 8, 42, 44–6, 48–51, 52–4, 110–13, 114–21, 122–8, 170, 172, 190–3, 194–6, 212–20, 227,

     see also humans

   taxonomic genus Ailuropoda 44, 45, 47–8,

     Ailurus 44, 47–8,

     Balaenoptera 127,

     Bos 154,

     Cercocebus 187,

     Chaetodipus 52,

     Circopithecus 188,

     Elephas 210, 216,

     Heterocephalus 134,

     Hypsiprymnodon 115,

     Kogia 124,

     Lontra 111,

     Loxodonta 210, 216,

     Mandrillus 188,

     Mus 53,

     Mustela 111,

     Pan 187 (see also chimpanzees) 187,

     Physeter 124,

     Presbytis 154,

     Spilogale 111,

     Ursus 44, 45, 47, 212–14

mandrills 188

mangabeys 187, 188

Margoliash, Emanuel 8–9, 11

marlins, see billfishes

martens 112

maternity analysis, see parentage analysis

matrotrophy 91

maximum likelihood 14, 105, 231–3

maximum parsimony 14, 62, 105, 228–30, 231, 232

   see also cladistics

medicine 187

melanism 53–4, 63–5

melanocortin-1 receptor 53, 64

Mesozoic Era 3, 6, 191, 193

metaphors (of phylogeny) 3–8

Mexico 19

mice 52–4, 55, 174, 178, 191

microsatellite markers 217

migration 129–31

Milne-Edwards, Alphonse 45, 47

mimic thrushes 82, 195

minks 112

mites 69, 181

mitochondrial (mt) DNA

   general description of 9–10

   origins in evolution of 181–3

   use of, in particular phylogeny reconstructions 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 37, 40, 43, 49, 50, 54, 55, 63, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 87, 90, 91, 93, 94, 100, 103, 108, 116, 119, 124, 130, 138, 139, 141, 142, 145, 148, 162, 163, 164, 168, 185, 186, 200, 202, 203, 205, 208, 210, 214, 216

moas 45, 47

molecular clocks 3, 9, 91, 100, 189, 198, 202

molecular paleontology, see fossil DNA

molecular technologies 3, 4, 10, 11–12, 13

mole-rats 134

moles 191

mollusks 27, 34–5, 140, 172, 175, 204

   see also snails, octopuses, squids

mongooses 45, 49

monkeys 118, 154, 187, 188

monkeyflowers 105–7

monogamy 94, 95

moon snails 27

morels 150

mosasaurs 41

molds 150

MRBAYES (computer software) 14

Müllerian mimicry 66, 71–3

mushrooms 150

mutation ix, 4, 108, 177, 187

mutualism 102, 103, 107, 150

   see also co-evolution, symbiosis

nad1 gene 185, 186

natural selection ix, 1, 4, 19, 20, 47–8, 53, 57, 69, 88, 105, 112–13, 120, 123, 148, 154, 155, 167, 172, 220

needlefishes 22–5

nematodes 173, 174, 175

nemerteans 173, 174

neonatal crawling 117

nests 80–4, 145

neutralism (ecological) 150

New Caledonia 210, 216

New Guinea 65, 66, 203, 210, 211, 214

newts 137

New Zealand 45, 47–8, 198, 210, 211, 214

North America 48, 52, 85, 86, 105, 110, 111, 129, 130, 138, 141, 191, 214, 215

    see also United States

nuclear genes (in phylogeny estimation) 10, 24, 32, 39, 40, 43, 103, 119, 120, 124, 138, 139, 168, 186, 202, 205, 216, 217

   see also DNA, hybridization, immunological comparisons, microsatellite markers, ribosomal DNA

nuthatches 193, 195

Occam’s razor 228

octopuses 172, 174

okapis 123

orioles 62, 63, 64, 80, 195

ostriches 45, 47

otters 45, 111, 112

out-of-Africa model 202–3

oviparity 77–80, 88–90, 137

   see also cleidoic egg, life cycles

owls 53

pademelons 116

paedomorphosis 23–5

Panamanian land bridge 100, 190

pandas 44–6

Paraguay 19

parasitic plants 184–7

pardalotes 194, 195

parentage analysis (genetic) 95

parsimony, see maximum parsimony

parthenogenesis 107–10, 169

partridges 79, 82

paternity analysis, see parentage analysis

PAUP (computer software) 14

pax6 gene 172–4

peafowl 95

peccaries 123, 125

penguins 159

penicillin 65

petrels 62, 80

pheasants 57, 79

Philippine Islands 210, 214

photosynthesis 150

phylogenetic character mapping

   general approach 15–17, 18

   limitations 16–17

Phylogenetic Systematics 224

phylogenetic trees

   definitions and properties of 5

   general diagrams of 6, 7

   reconstruction methods for 13–14

phylogeography 72, 143, 190–218

pigs 8, 123, 125

pipefishes 93–5

pitohuis 65–8

placenta 91–2, 93

planktotrophy 34, 98, 140–3

plants

   general 9, 104–7, 110, 181, 184–7, 210–12

   taxonomic genus Hampea 74,

     Mimulus 105, 106,

     Rafflesia 186,

     Scaevola 210–12,

     Tetrastigma 184,

     Trigonia 74

plate tectonics, see continental drift

platyfish 96–8

platyhelminths 172, 173, 174, 175

Pleistocene

   ice ages 90, 129, 159, 207, 210, 214

   land bridges 209

Pliocene 159

poikilothermy, see ectothermy

poisons, see toxins, venoms

polecats 112

pollination 20, 21–2, 52, 105–7, 184

polyandry 95

polychaetes 88, 140–3

polygamy 94, 95

polymerase chain reaction 44, 47

Polynesians 45, 47

population bottleneck 216

porpoises, see cetaceans

potoroos 116

pouch-brooding, see brood pouch

pre-existing bias (in female choice) 96

pregnancy, see viviparity

primates 2, 51, 118–20, 122, 187–9, 192, 193, 200

   see also apes, chimpanzees, gorillas, humans, monkeys

protocooperation 150

pterodactyls 3

Puerto Rico 144, 146

puffbirds 20

pufferfish 131–4

quail 79, 82, 174

quantitative traits 233–8

rabbits 191, 193

raccoons 31, 45, 46

radial symmetry 174–8

rafting (as overseas dispersal mechanism) 200

rails 45, 47

rat-kangaroos, see kangaroos

rattlesnakes 156, 158

rays 88, 166

recapitulation 23–5

recombinant DNA 173

recombination (genetic) 4, 108

reptiles

   general 36–42, 79, 80, 87–90, 107–10, 137, 143–5, 155–9, 196–200, 227

   taxonomic genus Anolis 143–5, 146,

     Cnemidophorus 108–10,

     Gavialis 37,

     Heteronotia 110,

     Lacerta 89,

     Tomistoma 37

reticulate evolution, see horizontal gene transfer, hybridization

retroposons 124

retroviruses, see HIV viruses

rhinoceroses 50, 123

ribbonworms, see nemerteans

ribosomal DNA 51, 121, 150, 210

ricefishes 22, 24

Rocky Mountains 190

rodents 191, 192, 193, 200

   see also mice

roundworms, see nematodes

sailfishes, see billfishes

salamanders 137–40, 218

sandpipers 130

saprobes 150, 152

sauries 24

scrub-birds 194, 195

sea anemones 175

sea cows 191

seahorses 93–5

sea lions 45, 47

seals 45, 47–8, 111, 159

sea squirts 173

sea urchins 174, 175, 204

segmented worms, see annelids

selection, see natural selection, sexual selection

sensitivity analysis 62

sex-biased gene expression 55

sex-determination mode 168–70

sex-role reversal 93, 94

sexual dichromatism 54–62

sexual dimorphism 95

   see also sexual dichromatism

sexual selection 19, 57–8, 64, 94, 96–8

Seychelle Islands 197, 199, 200

sharks 88, 165, 166

sheep 123, 125

shorebirds 19–20

shrews 191

   see also elephant shrews

shrikes 64, 195

shrimp 34, 36, 134–5, 136, 208

Siberia 130, 215

sibling species, see cryptic species

silverswords 212

Simpson, George Gaylord 4

SINEs (short interspersed elements) 128

sitellas 193, 194, 195

skunks 45, 46, 47, 111, 112

sloths 192, 193

snails 25–30, 31

snakes 39, 41–2, 68, 80, 87, 107, 156–9, 200, 208, 218

   see also reptiles

social parasitism 101–4

Socotra 211

South America 21, 42, 66, 68, 71, 73, 84, 129, 130, 159, 166, 191, 198

sparrows 79, 82, 195

speciation 143

   see also adaptive radiation, cryptic species

spiders 145–50, 200

squid 173, 174

Sri Lanka 207, 209, 210

starfish 175, 176

stick insects, see walkingsticks

sunbirds 62, 64

sunfish 133

swallows 82–4, 129

swordfishes, see billfishes

swordtails 96–8

symbiosis 102, 150–2, 187

   see also co-evolution, endosymbiosis, pollination

systematics, see biological classification

tanagers 54, 57, 195

tapirs 50, 123

tarsiers 118

Tasmanian wolf 196

taxonomy, see biological classification

tenrecs 191

termites 69, 134, 135

Tertiary 101

The Origin of Species 6, 170

thermogenic organs 163

thornbills 193, 194, 195

thrushes 130–1, 195

toads 137

Tongo 211, 215–18

toucans 19–22

toxins 65–8, 158

   see also venoms

transposable elements 181–3

treecreepers 193, 194, 195

Tree of Life ix, 4, 7–8, 11, 108, 183

TREE-PUZZLE (computer software) 14

triggerfishes 132

truffles 150

tunas 8, 162–3, 164, 165

turkeys 79, 82

turtles 79, 80, 87, 169, 218, 219, 220

type I statistical error 234, 236

type II statistical error 234, 236

unisexuality, see parthenogenesis

United States 74, 189

   see also North America

venoms 156–9

   see also toxins

vicariance 144

   see also phylogeography

vireos 64

virgin birth, see parthenogenesis

viruses 181, 186

   see also HIV viruses

viviparity 3, 87–95

walkingsticks 30–4

wallabies 115, 116

walruses 45

warblers 62, 64, 79, 82, 193, 195

warning coloration 52, 65–73

wasps 134

W-chromosome, see sex-determination mode

weasels 45, 46, 47, 111, 112

weaver birds 80, 83, 84, 195

webs (of spiders) 145–50

whales, see cetaceans

whelks 27

whistlers 194, 195

wings 2–3, 12, 25, 28, 30–4, 45, 65–8, 73, 120, 166, 177, 224, 226, 227, 228

wolverines 45, 112

wolves 45, 196

woodchucks 196

woodpeckers 20

woodswallows 194, 195

worms 176, 204

   see also annelids, nematodes, nemerteans, platyhelminths, polychaetes

worm shells 27

wrens 55

   see also fairy wrens

X-chromosome 202

   see also sex-determination mode

Y-chromosome 202, 204

   see also sex-determination mode

yeasts 8, 150, 178, 179

Yeti 45, 48–51

Z-chromosome, see sex-determination mode

zebrafish 174

zebras 50


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