evolutionary stable sex ratio, 108-9, 110;

of eyes, 77-83;

genetic processes of, 2-3, 4-11, 83-84;

theory of, 44;

time of, 77-83.

See also Mutations

Explosions, 137

Exponential growth, 137-38, 146-47

Eyes:

evolution of, 77-83;

insect, 65-66, 67-68, 69, 90-91, 98-99;

Mattiessen's ratio, 81;

natural selection and, 76;

quality of, 75-77

Fabre, Jean-Henri, 66

Family trees. See Ancestors and descendants

Female. See Sex

Fibrinopeptides, 44

Fireflies, 71-72. See also Insects

Fisher, Ronald, 38-39, 107, 109-10, 111, 117

Fishes:

deep water, 92-93;

sexual choice of, 113;

natural deception of, 62-63, 71;

reproduction of, 125-26

Flower colors, 98-99. See also Insects

Fooling. See Nature

Ford, Henry, 122 {169}

Garden of Eden, 33

Gastrulation. See Embryos

Gazelles, 131. See also Mammals

Gender. See Sex

Generations:

ancestors of, 33-34;

DNA copying over, 19;

as a gene sieve, 3.

See also Ancestors and descendants

Genes:

in cells, 21, 24, 154-55;

changes and branches in, 2-3, 6-9;

as digital information, 12, 17-20;

in embryos, 24-25, 26-28, 129-30;

enzyme molecules and, 22-23;

heritability, 81-82;

independence of, 5;

individual differences and, 26-28;

inheritance of, 2, 3-4;

lethal and sublethal, 129;

longevity and mortality, 127-28, 130-31;

maternal and paternal, 4-5;

modifier genes, 128-29, 130;

pheno-types and, 152;

physical location or environment and, 6-7, 9, 25, 27, 28-29, 154-55;