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