Bach, Johann Sebastian, 159

Bacteria:

DNA and genes in, 154;

genetic code of, 12;

as mitochondria, 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;

swarming, 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; {168}

multiplication of, 155;

photocells, 79-80;

sex cells, 40-41;

as thresholds in the replication bomb, 154-57.

See also Bacteria; Eukaryotic cells; Mitochondria

Chain letters, 146-50

Cheetahs, 105. See also Mammals

Chemistry, 138

Children, 109-11

Chromosomes, 18, 41, 48

Computers:

bootstrapping, 23-24;

digital codes, 13;

models of evolution, 79-83

Conscious awareness, 157-58

Copying:

degradation with, 14-15, 16;

of DNA, 19, 20

Cousins, 34-35, 36, 41-42, 52

Crab Nebula, 135

Creationism, 59, 102

Crick, Francis, 16