The Triumph of Seeds (43 page)

author’s dissection of,
198

seed dispersal,
196
,
199
,
201

slavery coupled to,
205

trade/commerce and,
202–205

Cotton gin,
196
,
199
,
204–205

Cotyledons,
10

cacao bean,
40

energy transfer from,
15–16

number of,
17

Coumarin,
170–171
,
174–175

Cream, Thomas (serial killer),
165

Cretaceous Period,
68

Crompton, Samuel (inventor),
203

Crop rotation,
37

Cross-pollination,
75

Cucumber,
187

Cumin,
131

Cyanide,
167

Cycads,
67
,
167

Cytotoxin,
168

Dams,
35–36

Dandelion,
196
,
209

Darwin, Charles (scientist/naturalist),
46
,
77

angiosperm diversification,
68–69
,
74

blending of parental types,
76

botany,
193–194
,
200–201

cartoon parody,
47 (fig.)

Galapagos finches,
124–125
,
124 (fig.)
,
201

Origin of Species,
72

seed germination and,
94

Darwin, Eramus (philosopher/physician),
177

Date palms,
75
,
85–88

Dates,
85–88
,
86 (fig.)
,
187

de Clieu, Gabriel-Mathieu (naval officer),
144–146
,
145 (fig.)
,
155

Desiccation

in animal life cycles,
99–100
,
100 (fig.)

in seeds,
90
,
92
,
99

vaccine preparation,
100

Dewey, John (philosopher),
53

Diamond, Jared (geographer),
29

Diderot, Denis (encyclopedist),
153

Digestibility,
26

DiMichele, Bill (paleontologist),
55–57
,
59–63
,
68
,
90
,
187
,
206
,
214

Dispersal,
179–192

Adam and Eve story and,
182–183

affordability of,
185

by bats,
179–181

by birds,
139
,
141
,
201

of castor beans,
173–174

of chili peppers,
139
,
141

dormancy and,
89–90

fruit,
180–192
,
185 (fig.)

by ocean current,
200–201

of poisonous seeds,
173–175

rodents and,
114–115
,
117
,
120
,
174–175

variations in,
191

by wind,
192
,
196
,
199–201
,
206–207

Dominant allele,
76

Doomsday Vault,
103

Dormancy,
80
,
89–94

avocado,
12

coffee beans,
14

desiccation of seed and,
90
,
92

evolution of,
61
,
90–91

grass seed,
24

implications of,
100

inactivity distinguished from,
91

seed dispersal and,
89–90

soil seed banks,
93–94

suspended animation analogy,
93

variations in,
92

Double-recessive,
76
,
80

Dusky-legged Guan,
191

Dutch East India Company,
131–132

Dwarf mallow,
95

Egg,
63
,
66
,
71

Elephants,
186
,
190

Embryo,
10–11

number per seed,
17

primary root growth from,
13

Embryonic root,
13

Emerson, Ralph Waldo (writer),
193

Emulsifiers,
49

Encyclopedia of Seeds
(Bewley),
45
,
198

Endangered Species Act,
35

Endorphins,
140

Endosperm,
17
,
148

acellular,
42

coconut,
42–43

tagua nut,
48

Endospermic legumes,
49

Endozoochory,
187

Energy storage in seeds,
45–48

Epiphytes,
214

Etrich, Igo (aircraft developer),
206–208

Evolution,
46–48
,
47 (fig.)

angiosperm,
67–69

bird,
123–125

caffeine,
147–149

of chemicals,
137–138

chili peppers,
136–141

coevolution,
69
,
115
,
137–138

Darwin’s
Origin of Species,
72

of dormancy,
61
,
90–91

fruit,
68
,
184
,
185 (fig.)

fruit-eaters,
189

future of seeds,
214–215

gymnosperms,
68

Mendel’s experiments and,
74
,
79–80

natural selection,
72
,
74
,
125

pollen,
64
,
66

Pope John Paul II and,
182

radiation of species,
188

rodent,
114

seed defense from rodents,
114
,
120–121

seed dispersal by wind,
199

seed energy strategies,
46–48

seed plants,
56–69

seed poisons,
173

seeds,
16–17
,
51
,
61–62
,
66–68
,
90
,
93

spike moss,
64 (fig.)
,
65–66

Experiments in Plant Hybridization
(Mendel),
70
,
77

Ezekiel (prophet),
22

Facial bones, human,
125–126

Falcon-Lang, Howard,
62

False hellebore,
172

Fat, in cacao bean,
41

Feather grass,
28

Fenugreek,
50

Fer-de-lance,
3–5
,
4 (fig.)
,
119

Ferdinand (king),
129

Ferns,
58
,
59 (fig.)
,
63
,
71
,
181