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MIT Press
Language
English
Pages
319

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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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cambridge, Mass
Series
Vienna series in theoretical biology

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
576.8
Library of Congress
QH366.2 .M34 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 319 p. :
Number of pages
319

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Open Library
OL24880682M
Internet Archive
majortransitions00calc
ISBN 10
0262015242
ISBN 13
9780262015240
LCCN
2010028052
OCLC/WorldCat
649700151

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