Loss of genes and random fixation, 97-101, 



121, 235 

 Louse, human, 229, 245 



rabbit, 245 

 Loxodonta africana, 254 

 Lumbricidae, 204 

 Lycaenidae, 251 

 Lynuintria dispar. 218 

 Lysogenic bacteria, 163 



Macroevolution, 251, 258 



Macromolecules, 14, 23 



Maidenhair tree, 252 



Malaria, 61, 145 



Mammals, 260, 281 



Man, 47, 58. 67, 84, 146, 151, 229, 230, 238 



bipedal posture of, 283 



brain size in, 285 



care of young by, 282 



evolution of brain in, 286, 287 



fossil record of, 284 



Java, 284, 285 



Neanderthal, 284 



Peking, 284, 285 



population increase in, 292 



postnatal growth of, 285 



reasoning power in, 286 



reticulate evolution in, 284 



sense of smell in, 282 



sexuality in, 282 



terrestrial existence of, 283 



use of fire by, 284 



use of tools by, 284 



vision in, 282 

 Mangrove finch, 227 

 Mangroves, 225 

 Maniola, 132 



jurtina, 132, 154 

 Mantids, 178 

 Marmosets, 283 

 Marsupial moles, 265 

 Marsupials, 265, 270 

 Mather, 151, 154 

 Mating systems, 170 

 Mating types, 168 

 Mayr, E., 159, 249, 298 

 Meadow fescue, 191 

 Meaning, 73 

 Megaceros, 275 



Meiosis, 31-35, 40, 41, 165, 167, 201 

 Meiotic drive, 175, 176 

 Memory, 19, 286 



Mendel, 37-39 

 Mendefian populations, 91 

 Messenger RNA, 17, 18, 27, 64, 65 

 Metacentric chromosomes, 186 

 Metalloenzymes, 11 

 Metaphase, 27, 29, 30, 32 

 Metasequoia, 258 



glyptostroboides, 252 

 Metz, 189 

 Mice, 300 

 Michener, 158, 159 

 Microevolution, 251, 258 

 Microhabitat of Cepaea nemoralis, 133 

 Micropterygids, 272 

 Microsomes, 17, 25 

 Migration, 79, 93, 114-118, 146 

 Milkweeds, 258 

 Miller,S. L.,6, 7,21 

 Mimicry, 147-149, 157 



of eggs, 245, 246 

 Mitochondria, 25-27, 165 

 Mitosis, 27-29, 62, 63 

 Modifier genes, 42, 46, 130, 148 

 Mollienesia, 204 



fonnosa, 204, 205 



latipinna, 204, 205 

 Mollusks, pelecypod, 261-264 

 Momentum, evolutionary, 275 

 Monarch butterfly, 58 

 Monkeys, 283 

 Monod, 64, 65, 68 

 Monotremes, 270, 272 

 Montagu, A., 293 

 Moore, J. A., 216-218 

 Moore, R. C, 239 

 Morphogenesis, 66 

 Morrison, J. H., 35 

 Mosquitoes, 61, 84, 150 

 Mosses, 168, 194 

 Moths, 46, 125, 128, 130, 131, 271 



industrial melanic, 125, 247 



sloth, 84 

 Mourant, 253 



Multicellular organisms, 57 

 Multivalents, 190 

 Multivariate comparisons, 302 

 Muscicapa striata, 128 

 Mushrooms, 168 

 Muskrat, 83 

 Mustard, 84 

 Mutagenic agents, 44 

 Mutant, 38 



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