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Title The major transitions in evolution revisited / edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (x, 319 pages) : illustrations
Series Vienna series in theoretical biology
Vienna series in theoretical biology.
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
Summary 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
Analysis BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Maynard Smith, John, 1920-2004. Major transitions in evolution
Szathmáry, Eörs. Major transitions in evolution
SUBJECT 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
Subject Evolution (Biology)
Biodiversity.
Genetic transformation.
Population genetics.
Biological Evolution
Biodiversity
Transformation, Genetic
Genetics, Population
evolution.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
Biodiversity
Evolution (Biology)
Genetic transformation
Population genetics
Biodiversität
Evolution
Transformation Genetik
Evolution.
Populationsgenetik.
Theorie.
Form Electronic book
Author Calcott, Brett
Sterelny, Kim
Szathmáry, Eörs
ISBN 9780262295703
0262295709
1283119188
9781283119184