The major transitions in evolution revisited / edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny.
Material type: TextSeries: Vienna series in theoretical biologyPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780262295703
- 0262295709
- 1283119188
- 9781283119184
- Maynard Smith, John, 1920-2004. Major transitions in evolution
- Szathmáry, Eörs. Major transitions in evolution
- Szathmáry, Eörs. Major transitions in evolution
- Maynard Smith, John, 1920-2004. Major transitions in evolution
- Maynard Smith, John, 1920-2004 Major transitions in evolution
- Szathmáry, Eörs Major transitions in evolution
- Evolution (Biology)
- Biodiversity
- Genetic transformation
- Population genetics
- Biological Evolution
- Biodiversity
- Transformation, Genetic
- Genetics, Population
- Biodiversité
- Génétique des populations
- Évolution (Biologie)
- evolution
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution
- Biodiversity
- Evolution (Biology)
- Genetic transformation
- Population genetics
- Biodiversität
- Evolution
- Transformation Genetik
- Evolution
- Populationsgenetik
- Theorie
- BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution
- 576.8 22
- QH366.2 .M34 2011eb
- 2013 A-553
- QH 366.2
- WH 3300
- BIO 175f
- BIO 125f
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Print version record.
In 1995, John Maynard Smith and Eörs Szathmáry published their influential book 'The Major Transitions in Evolution'. In this volume, scholars reconsider and extend the earlier book's themes in light of recent developments in evolutionary biology.
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