Index 613model, 323, 324, 326, 328, 332, 487,
490–492, 495, 499, 501–504,
506, 509, 510, 517–519
model pluralism, 152
model theoretic, 486
modern synthesis, 44, 54, 66, 179, 196
modularity, developmental, 172–173
molecular-signposts, 263
Monod, J., 221, 291
monogamous, 230, 233
Moore, G. E., 204
moral
individualism, 211
progress, 243
realism, 211
theory, 219
Morgan, T. H., 250
Muller, H.J., 250
multicellularity, 163
multiple regression, 313, 314, 317
Munro, E., 191, 194
Munz, P., 209, 213
mutagenesis, chemical, 279
mutation, 60–61, 253, 326, 327, 329
and colinearity, 277
mutation rate, 166
muton, 277
Mycoplasma genitalium, 589
myxoma virus, 154
Nagel, E., 359, 488
nanotechnology, 599
narrow content, 564
natural selection, 8, 13, 16, 40, 42,
111, 114–116, 123–125, 141,
190, 195, 309, 311, 315, 338,
351, 507, 508
Darwinian, 38, 44, 45, 251
models of, 57–58
theory of, 181, 490, 503–505
natural state model, 459–460
natural theology, 7, 528, 539
Naturalism, 545
naturalistic, 23
naturalistic fallacy, 202, 204, 210
nature versus nurture, 257
Neander, K., 114, 530, 535, 562
Nei, M., 472
nematode (Caenorhabditis elegans),
251
Neumann, J. von, 493, 585
neurophysiology, 556
neuroscience, 553, 555
Neurospora crassa, 251
New Synthesis, 289
Newton, Sir I., 2, 8, 11
Newtonian mechanics, 495
niche construction, 385
Nietzsche, F., 221
Nijhout, F., 365
Nissen, L., 540
nomenclature, 419–421
non-linear dynamical systems, 487
normality, 558
Normative Principle, Basic, 241, 243
norm of reaction (NOR), 284
norms, 201
control, n 235
enhancement, n 235
functional, 551, 557, 558
semantic, 551, 557, 558
Norton, H. T. J., 51, 60n, 80
nucleosomes, 264
nucleotides, 270O’Malley, C. D., 485
obsolescence, 222, 224
Ockham’s razor, 336, 343, 345
Oken, L., 32
ontogeny, 183
and development, 172
ontology, 503
Open Question Argument, 238
open reading frame (ORF), 277
operationalist fallacy, 113