The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited

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Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Gerd B. Müller, Günter P. Wagner, and Werner Callebaut, editors The Evolution of Cognition, edited by Cecilia Heyes and Ludwig Huber, 2000 Origination of Organismal Form: Beyond the Gene in Development and Evolutionary Biology , edited by Gerd B. Müller and Stuart A. Newman, 2003 Environment, Development, and Evolution: Toward a Synthesis, edited by Brian K. Hall, Roy D. Pearson, and Gerd B. Müller, 2004 Evolution of Communication Systems: A Comparative Approach, edited by D. Kimbrough Oller and Ulrike Griebel, 2004 Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems, edited by Werner Callebaut and Diego Rasskin-Gutman, 2005 Compositional Evolution: The Impact of Sex, Symbiosis, and Modularity on the Gradualist Framework of Evolution, by Richard A. Watson, 2006 Biological Emergences: Evolution by Natural Experiment, by Robert G. B. Reid, 2007 Modeling Biology: Structure, Behaviors, Evolution, edited by Manfred D. Laubichler and Gerd B. Müller, 2007 Evolution of Communicative Flexibility: Complexity, Creativity, and Adaptability in Human and Animal Communication, edited by Kimbrough D. Oller and Ulrike Griebel, 2008 Functions in Biological and Artificial Worlds: Comparative Philosophical Perspectives, edited by Ulrich Krohs and Peter Kroes, 2009 Cognitive Biology: Evolutionary and Developmental Perspectives on Mind, Brain, and Behavior, edited by Luca Tommasi, Mary A. Peterson, and Lynn Nadel, 2009 Innovation in Cultural Systems: Contributions from Evolutionary Anthropology, edited by Michael J. O’Brien and Stephen J. Shennan, 2010 Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology, edited by Snait B. Gissis, and Eva Jablonka, 2011 The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited, edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny, 2011 The Major Transitions in Evolution Revisited edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email special_sales@mitpress.mit.edu This book was set in Times New Roman on InDesign by Asco Typesetters, Hong Kong. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The major transitions in evolution revisited / edited by Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny p. cm. — (Vienna series in theoretical biology) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-01524-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Evolution (Biology) 2. Biodiversity. 3. Genetic transformation. 4. Population genetics. 5. Maynard Smith, John, 1920– Major transitions in evolution. I. Calcott, Brett. II. Sterelny, Kim. QH366.2.M34 2011 576.8—dc22 2010028052 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ...