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- The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited
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- 2011
- Published by: The MIT Press
- Series: Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
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The contributors discuss different frameworks for understanding macroevolution, prokaryote evolution (the study of which has been aided by developments in molecular biology), and the complex evolution of multicellularity.
Table of Contents
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- Cover, Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 1-5
- Series Foreword
- pp. vii-viii
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 5. Evolvability Reconsidered
- pp. 83-100
- II. The Prokaryote’s Tale
- pp. 101-103
- III. Complexity and the Developmental Cycle
- pp. 163-167
- IV. Concluding Remarks
- pp. 299-311
- 14. Concluding Remarks
- pp. 301-310
- Contributors
- pp. 311-312
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ISBN
9780262295703
Related ISBN(s)
9780262015240
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OCLC
727944851
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
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No
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