MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2010028052
003 DLC
005 20110625111343.0
008 100720s2011 maua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010028052
020 $a9780262015240 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0262015242 (hardcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn649700151
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dHVC$dYDXCP$dYAM$dDLC
050 00 $aQH366.2$b.M34 2011
082 00 $a576.8$222
245 04 $aThe major transitions in evolution revisited /$cedited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bMIT Press,$cc2011.
300 $ax, 319 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aVienna series in theoretical biology
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction : 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.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aBiodiversity.
650 0 $aGenetic transformation.
650 0 $aPopulation genetics.
600 10 $aMaynard Smith, John,$d1920-2004.$tMajor transitions in evolution.
600 10 $aSzathmáry, Eörs.$tMajor transitions in evolution.
700 1 $aCalcott, Brett.
700 1 $aSterelny, Kim.
700 1 $aSzathmáry, Eörs.