Evolution, the Extended Synthesis

Name: Evolution, the Extended Synthesis
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ISBN: 9780262513678

ISBN-10: 0262513676

ISBN-13: 9780262513678

Edition: 2010

Authors: Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Muller, John Beatty, Sergey Gavrilets, David S. Wilson

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In the six decades since the publication of Julian Huxley's Evolution: The Modern Synthesis, the spectacular empirical advances in the biological sciences have been accompanied by equally significant developments within the core theoretical framework of the discipline. As a result, evolutionary theory today includes concepts and even entire new fields that were not part of the foundational structure of the Modern Synthesis. In this volume, sixteen leading evolutionary biologists and philosophers of science survey the conceptual changes that have emerged since Huxley's landmark publication, not only in such traditional domains of evolutionary biology as quantitative genetics and paleontology…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/26/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 504
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Preface



Introduction



Elements of an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis




Variation and Selection



Reconsidering the Importance of Chance Variation




High-Dimensional Fitness Landscapes and Speciation




Multilevel Selection and Major Transitions




Evolving Genomes



Integrating Genomics into Evolutionary Theory




Complexities in Genome Structure and Evolution




Inheritance and Replication



Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance




Niche Inheritance




Chemical, Neuronal, and Linguistic Replicators




Evolutionary Developmental Biology



Facilitated Variation




Dynamical Patterning Modules




Epigenetic Innovation




Macroevolution and Evolvability



Origination Patterns and Multilevel Processes in Macroevolution




Phenotypic Plasticity




Evolution of Evolvability




Philosophical Dimensions



Rethinking the Structure of Evolutionary Theory for an Extended Synthesis




The Dialectics of Dis/Unity in the Evolutionary Synthesis and Its Extensions



Contributors


Index