Calcott, Brett. <br/><br/>
The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (330 pages) 
 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Series ;  v.14 .
 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I A Big Picture of Big Pictures of Life's History -- 1 The Miscellaneous Transitions in Evolution -- 2 Alternative Patterns of Explanation for Major Transitions -- 3 Biological Ontology and Hierarchical Organization -- 4 Darwinian Populations and Transitions in Individuality -- 5 Evolvability Reconsidered -- II The Prokaryote's Tale -- 6 To Be or Not To Be -- 7 The Evolution of Restraint in Structured Populations -- 8 Conflicts among Levels of Selection as Fuel for the Evolution of Individuality -- III Complexity and the Developmental Cycle -- 9 Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality -- 10 How Many Levels Are There? -- 11 Plant Individuality and Multilevel Selection Theory -- 12 Phylogenetic, Functional, and Geological Perspectives on Complex Multicellularity -- 13 The Small Picture Approach to the Big Picture -- IV Concluding Remarks -- 14 Concluding Remarks -- Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Drawing on recent advances in evolutionary biology, prominent scholars return to the question posed in a pathbreaking book: how evolution itself evolved. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262295703 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Maynard Smith, John, -- 1920-2004. -- Major transitions in evolution.<br/>Evolution (Biology).<br/>Biodiversity.<br/>Genetic transformation.<br/>Population genetics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH366.2 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>576.8