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Part I
Section 1.3
Figure 1.1 Seven characteristics in
peas that were observed and scored
by Mendel in his published experiments. 35
Figure 1.2 Schematic drawing showing
the outcome of Mendel's second
law of segregation. 38
Figure 1.3 Comparison of the ideas of
Lamarckian and Mendelian theories
of evolutionary change. 39
Figure 1.4 Diagrams illustrate the
replica plating technique used by
Lederberg to demonstrate that streptomycin resistance results from
mutations
that can
occur quite independently of exposure of the culture to the drug. 41
Section 1.4
Figure 1.5 Schematic model of crossing
over. 44
Figure 1.6 Diagrams illustrating the
effects of stabilizing
(normalizing),
directional, and disruptive selection. 47
Section 1.5
Figure 1.7 The adaptive grid. 49
Figure 1.8 An adaptive grid diagram of
the evolution of terrestrial
plants, indicating major breakthroughs and invasions of new adaptive
zones.
50
Figure 1.9 Some common evolutionary
patterns as indicated by
morphological
changes among different lineages. 52
Section 2.1
Figure 2.1 Three types of radioactive
decay. 61
Figure 2.2 Graph illustrating law of
radioactivity with proportion
of radioactive parent remaining (N/No) drawn on linear scale. 63
Figure 2.3 Decay curves for
uranium-235, uranium-238, and thorium-232.
67
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Figure 2.4 Graphs showing changes in
isotope ratios in common lead
in the earth during the past 4.5 billion years. 68
Figure 2.5 Graph slowing ratio of
lead-206/uranium-238 with respect
to time. 68
Figure 2.6 Graph of radiogenic
lead-207/lead-206 ratio versus time.
70
Section 2.2
Figure 2.7 Living onchyophoran
(superphylum Protarthropoda). 87
Figure 2.8 Neopilina, ventral
view with paired gills. 88
Figure 2.9 The oldest known Amphibian
skeleton, Ichthyostega of
the late Devonian. 88
Figure 2.10 The vertebrae of
Paleozoic lepospondyls and
labyrinthodonts.
89
Figure 2.11 The seymouriamorph. 90
Figure 2.12 Fossil and restoration of
a primitive bird Archaeopteryx.
92
Figure 2.13 Skull of the advanced
therapsid Diarthrognathus.
93
Section 2.3
Figure 2.14 Time scale of Hominoidea
ancestry as correlated
with glaciation and cul4tural periods. 96
Figure 2.15 Four lower jaws show
variations in the amount of rearward
divergence of the tooth arcades in three fossil primates. 99
Figure 2.16 Comparison of four views
of two adult australopithecine
skull casts with a skull of a modern human. 104
Figure 2.17 Oldowan pebble tool. 105
Figure 2.18 Palate and upper teeth of
an australopithecine, a gorilla,
and a human. 106
Figure 2.19 Cranium KNM-ER-1470, a
new Homo from East Rudolph. 107
Figure 2.20 Comparison of four views
of Homo erectus with a
Neanderthal skull cast. 109
Figure 2.21 Comparison of four views
of a modern human skull with a
Homo erectus skull cast. 110
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Figure 2.22 Comparison of four views
of a modern human skull with a
Neanderthal skull cast. 111
Figure 2.23 Comparison of choppers
with chopping tools. 112
Section 2.4
Figure 2.24 The biogeographic realms
of the world. 120-21
Figure 2.25 Comparison of latitudinal
and attitudinal life zones of
plants in North America. 122
Figure 2.26 Ecological zones in the
ocean. 122
Figure 2.27 Continental drift. 124
Figure 2.28 The distribution of Clasmatocolea
vermicularis. 126
Figure 2.29 The location of the
Galapagos Islands and their
distribution
of birds according to bill structures. 127
Section 2.5
Figure 2.30 Electron micrographs of
thin sections of procaryotic and
eucaryotic cells. 129
Figure 2.31 The evolution of
eucaryotic cell types through symbiosis.
131
Figure 2.32 The bones of the
forelimbs of a frog, lizard, bird, human,
cat, whale, and bat. 133
Figure 2.33 Comparison of vertebrae
of primitive tetrapods and modern
amniotes. 134
Figure 2.34 Diagram comparing the
structures of vertebrate hearts.
136
Figure 2.35 The appendix in the human
digestive system. 138
Figure 2.36 Mean antibody curves,
showing the effect of shielding or
irradiation of the appendix as compared totally irradiated and
nonirradiated
rabbits. 139
Figure 2.37 Human brain, left half,
sagittal section. 140
Figure 2.38 Plica semilunaris in
humans. 141
Figure 2.39 Coccygeal vertebrae in
humans. 141
Figure 2.40 A comparison of
vertebrate embryos at three stages of
development.
142
Section 2.6
Figure 2.41 Bacterial transformation.
145
Figure 2.42 The transforming
principle. 146
Figure 2.43 Base pairing in DNA. 147
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Figure 2.44 Purines and pyrimidines.
148
Figure 2.45 Presence of an oxygen in
the 2' position of each sugar
ring of the ribonucleic acid as contrasted with deoxyribonucleic acid.
149
Figure 2.46 DNA replication. 149
Figure 2.47 Transcription and
translation. 150
Figure 2.48 The alpha helix
maintained by intrachain hydrogen bonding.
154
Figure 2.49 Hemoglobin. 155
Figure 2.50 Enzyme-substrate
interaction. 156
Figure 2.51 Photomicrograph of normal
(disklike) and sickle
(crescent-shaped)
blood cells. 156
Figure 2.52 The Jacob-Monod operon
model for control of the synthesis
of lactose-metabolizing enzymes. 157
Figure 2.53 Six distinguishable kinds
of molecular mutation. 158
Figure 2.54 Classes of nucleotide
replacement. 159
Figure 2.55 Regular and unusual base
pairing of thymine. 160
Figure 2.56 The oxidative deamination
of DNA by nitrous acid, and its
effect on subsequent base pairing. 161
Figure 2.57 Thymine dimers produced
by ultraviolet irradiation. 162
Figure 2.58 Ultraviolet-induced
mutation. 163
Figure 2.59 Possible mechanism by
which cross-linking of the double
helix of DNA can occur after x-ray irradiation. 163
Figure 2.60 The effect of two
compensating frame-shift mutations in
the gene coding for lysozyme in the bacteriophage T4. 164
Figure 2.61 Mitosis. 165
Figure 2.62 Meiosis. 165
Figure 2.63 Chromosome duplication
and deletion arisen from
translocation
during meiosis. 167
Section 3.2
Figure 3.1 Simplified diagram of a
chemostat. 177
Figure 3.2 Rate of evolution in
irradiated and nonirradiated
experimental
populations of Drosophila birchii. 179
Figure 3.3 The peppered moth, Biston
betularia, and its
melanic
form, carbonaria,
at rest on soot covered tree. The same forms resting on a lichened
tree trunk. 182
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Figure 3.4 Distribution of the
sickle-cell gene in Africa, the Middle
East, and India. 184
Figure 3.5 Distribution of malignant
malarias caused by the parasite
Plasmodium
falciparum. 185
Figure 3.6 Variation among the
breeds of domestic pigeon. 186
Figure 3.7 Unexposed skin color. 189
Section 3.3
Figure 3.8 Pasteur's demonstration
of bacteria trapped in a curved
neck flask. 193
Figure 3.9 A diagram of the box that
Tyndall used to demonstrate that
"optically empty" air contains no micro-organisms. 194
Figure 3.10 Three stages of chemical
evolution. 196
Figure 3.11 Experiment of S. L.
Miller to make amino acids. 198
Figure 3.12 Evolution of bread wheat
(Triticum aestivum) by
allopolyploidy. 205
Figure 3.13 Diagram of a vertical
slab gel-electrophoresis apparatus.
209
Figure 3.14 Rates of amino acid
substitution in the fibrinopeptides,
hemoglobin, and cytochrome c. 210
Figure 3.15 Assumed phylogeny of the
species for which sequences were
examined. 211
Figure 3.16 Linear relation between
time elapsed and nucleotide
substitutions.
212
Figure 3.17 Rates of evolution in
the classes of vertebrates. 213
Figure 3.18 Contrast between
biological evolution and molecular
evolution
since the divergence of the human and chimpanzee lineages. 215
Figure 3.19 Adult esterases from D.
pseudoobscura. 217
Figure 3.20 The minimal amount of
DNA that has been observed for
various
species in the types of organisms listed. 220
Part II
Section 4
Figure 4.1 Diagrammatic representation of three leading world views. 234