The major transitions in evolution revisited
By: edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny
Contributors: Szathmáry, Eörs
Series: Vienna series in theoretical biology
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780262015240
Subjects: Evolution (Biology); Biodiversity; Population genetics; Genetic transformation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : a dynamic view of evolution / Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny; title: The miscellaneous transitions in evolution / Daniel W. McShea and Carl Simpson; title: Alternative patterns of explanation for major transitions / Brett Calcott; title: Biological ontogeny and hierarchical organization : a defense of rank freedom / Samir Okasha; title: Darwinian populations and transitions in individuality / Peter Godfrey-Smith; title: Evolvability reconsidered / Kim Sterelny; title: To be or not to be : where is self-preservation in evolutionary theory? / Pamela Lyon; title: The evolution of restraint in structured populations : setting the stage for an egalitarian major transition / Benjamin Kerr and Joshua Nahum; title: Conflicts among levels of selection as fuel for the evolution of individuality / Paul B. Rainey and Benjamin Kerr; title: Evolutionary transitions in individuality : multicellularity and sex / Richard E. Michod; title: How many levels are there? : how insights from evolutionary transitions in individuality help measure the hierarchical complexity of life / Carl Simpson; title: Plant individuality and multilevel selection theory / Ellen Clarke; title: Phylogenetic, functional, and geological perspectives on complex multicellularity / Andrew H. Knoll and David Hewitt; title: The small picture approach to the big picture : using DNA sequences to investigate the diversification of animal body plans / Lindell Bromham; title: Concluding remarks / Eörs Szathmáry and Chrisantha Fernando.