population size continued
and genetic drift, –, , , –
of influenza viruses,
positive selection, , –, –, , ,
, , , , , , , . See
also balancing selection, McDonald-
Kreitman test, natural selection,
negative selection
in anti-fungal defenses,
in cold-adapted fish,
contrasted with negative selection, ,
,
focus of modern evolutionary synthesis,
in human lineage, , , –,
–
and linkage disequilibrium,
relative importance, , ,
tests to detect, –, –,
protein, –, , , , –, , , ,
, , , –, , , , ,
–, , , , , . See
also hemoglobin
electrophoresis, , –, ,
genetic code and translation, –, ,
histones, –
pseudogenes, ,
pufferfish, ,
Ramirez Rossi, Fernado,
Ray, Tom,
Reagan, Ronald,
Relethford, John
Reflections of Our Past,
resistance, evolution of. See evolution
Roth, Gerhard,
Ruvolo, Maryellen, –
Sagan, Carl,
salamander, –, –
Santorum, Rick,
Sarich, Vincent,
Savolainen, Peter,
Schonborn, Cardinal Christoph,
Schleicher, August,
Scott, Eugenie
Evolution vs. Creationism,
Scylla,
Seinfeld (television program),
selection. See artificial selection, balancing
selection, natural selection,
negativeselection, positive selection,
sexual selection.
selectionist-neutralist debate, –. See
also neutral theory
selective sweep, –, . See also positive
selection
at FOXP,
in maize,
selfish DNA, –. See also junk DNA
sex determination
in flies,
in humans,
sexual selection, , , –
sialic acid, –
and influenza,
in Neanderthals,
sickle cell anemia, –, ,
Simon, Paul, ,
single nucleotide polymorphism. See SNP
SNP, , . See also genetic variation,
polymorphism
Stoneking, Mark,
Streelman, Todd,
Stringer, Chris, ,
substitution, –, , , ,
replacement versus silent, , –, ,
–, – (see also McDonald-
Kreitman test)
why the substitution rate equals the
neutral mutation rate, –
Swift, Hewson,
Sykes, Brian
The Seven Daughters of Eve,
Takahatta, Nayoyuki,
T-cells, ,
Templeton, Alan,
Tetrahymena,
theory, scientific, –,
thrombin, . See also blood clotting
Tierra,
transposable element, , –, . See
also Alu, P element
trypsin,
Underhill, Peter, –
Vargha-Khadem, Faraneh,
Vavilov, Nikolai,
Vingogradov, Alexander, –
Wake, David,
Wakeley, John,
Wayne, Robert, –
Watson, James D.,
Wedge Document, . See also Discovery
Institute
Will, George,
Wong, Rong-ling,
Wright, Sewall, ,
X chromosome, ,
Y chromosome, , ,
Y chromosome Adam, –, –
Yi, Soojin,
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