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INDEX
Adenine, 144. See also DNA
African Eve, 41, 44 - 57. See also
Ancestors and descendants
Age effects, 127 -31
Amino acids, 12, 23
Analog code, 12 - 16, 19
Ancestors and descendants: cousin-
ships, 34 - 35, 36, 41 - 42, 52 ; fam-
ily trees, 48 - 53 ; focal ancestor,
55, 56 ; genetic code in, 12,
42 - 43, 44 ; mitochondrial DNA,
47 - 48, 49 - 50 ; model of, 35 - 36 ;
most recent common ancestor,
54 - 56 ; numbers of, 33 - 34,
35 - 36 ; reproductive success and,
107 -8; role of genes in, 2 - 4, 28,
117 -18, 131 ; sharing of, 35,
36 - 38 ; single or universal ances-
tor theory, 12, 38 - 39, 44 - 57 ; sur-
vival of, 1 - 2, 3, 28, 127. See also
Generations
Angler fish, 71. See also Fishes
Antelopes, 105. See also Mammals
Ants. See Insects
Apes and gorillas. See Mammals
Argument from Design, 98
Argument from Personal
Incredulity, 70, 77, 91 - 92
Asimov, Isaac, 138
Astatine-215, 138
Atkins, Peter, 97
Atoms, 138, 141
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 159
Bacteria: DNA and genes in, 154 ;
genetic code of, 12 ; as mitochon-
dria, 45 - 46
Baerends, Gerard, 68
Bauplans, 10, 11, 12
Bees: dance language of, 84 - 92,
99 - 101 ; drones/queens/workers,
4, 113, 114 -15; oleic acid and,
165 ; sex ratios, 113 -16: swarm-
ing, 114 -16. See also Insects
Beetles, 90 - 91. See also Insects
Big Bang, 145
Birds: beauty of, 119 -20; brains and
eyesight, 63 ; natural deception
of, 63 - 65, 72 ; singing of, 120
Blennies, sabre-toothed, 72. See also
Fishes
Blind Watchmaker, The ( Dawkins),
151
Bodies: bone breaking, 123 -24;
influences of genes on, 20 - 22,
152, 153
Bootstrapping, 23 - 25
Brittle devices, 70 - 71
Brothers. See Siblings
Butterflies, 66, 125. See also Insects
Cairns-Smith, Graham, 150
Cambrian period, 10 - 11
Cartland, Barbara, 115
Caterpillars, 125. See also Insects
Cells: chemical reactions in, 21 - 22 ;
chromosomes in, 18 ; differences
in, 18 - 19, 21 ; differentiation of,
24, 25 ; genes in, 21, 24, 154 -55,
156 ; membranes of, 22 ; multipli-

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