In the Light of Evolution: Volume 1. Adaptation and Complex Design

Questions? Call 800-624-6242

About | Ordering | New

LoginRegister

| Items in cart [0]

The National Academies Press

HARDBACK
price:$59.95
add to cart

Rights & Permissions

Free PDF Access

Sign in to download PDF book and chapters

Free Resources

Display this book
on your site!

Related Titles

In the Light of Evolution: Volume 1. Adaptation and Complex Design (2007)
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format
Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web.
Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book.
Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic.

Citation Manager

. "1 Darwin's Greatest Discovery: Design Without Designer--FRANCISCO J. AYALA." In the Light of Evolution: Volume 1. Adaptation and Complex Design. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2007.

Please select a format:

Page
22


E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore

The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy.

In the Light of Evolution, Volume I: Adaptation and Complex Design

This page intentionally left blank.

Page
22

Front Matter (R1-R18)

Part I: INTRODUCTORY ESSAY (1-2)

1 Darwin's Greatest Discovery: Design Without Designer--FRANCISCO J. AYALA (3-22)

Part II: EPISTEMOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO BIOCOMPLEXITY ASSESSMENT (23-24)

2 Functional Information and the Emergence of Biocomplexity--ROBERT M. HAZEN, PATRICK L. GRIFFIN, JAMES M. CAROTHERS, and JACK W. SZOSTAK (25-44)

3 The Theory of Facilitated Variation--JOHN GERHART and MARC KIRSCHNER (45-64)

4 Between ‘‘Design'' and ‘‘Bricolage'': Genetic Networks, Levels of Selection, and Adaptive Evolution--ADAM S. WILKINS (65-82)

5 The Frailty of Adaptive Hypotheses for the Origins of Organismal Complexity--MICHAEL LYNCH (83-104)

Part III: FROM INDIVIDUAL ONTOGENY TO SYMBIOSIS: A HIERARCHY OF COMPLEXITY (105-108)

6 Emerging Principles of Regulatory Evolution--BENJAMIN PRUD'HOMME, NICOLAS GOMPEL, and SEAN B. CARROLL (109-128)

7 Evolution of Individuality During the Transition from Unicellular to Multicellular Life--RICHARD E. MICHOD (129-144)

8 Insect Societies as Divided Organisms: The Complexities of Purpose and Cross-Purpose--JOAN E. STRASSMANN and DAVID C. QUELLER (145-164)

9 Symbiosis as an Adaptive Process and Source of Phenotypic Complexity--NANCY A. MORAN (165-182)

Part IV: CASE STUDIES: DISSECTING COMPLEX PHENOTYPES (183-186)

10 Adaptive Evolution of Color Vision as Seen Through the Eyes of Butterflies--FRANCESCA D. FRENTIU, GARY D. BERNARD, CRISTINA I. CUEVAS, MARILOU P. SISON-MANGUS, KATHLEEN L. PRUDIC, and ADRIANA D. BRISCOE (187-204)

11 Plant Domestication, a Unique Opportunity to Identify the Genetic Basis of Adaptation--JEFFREY ROSS-IBARRA, PETER L. MORRELL, and BRANDON S. GAUT (205-224)

12 An Experimental Test of Evolutionary Trade-Offs During Temperature Adaptation--ALBERT F. BENNETT and RICHARD E. LENSKI (225-238)

13 Two Routes to Functional Adaptation: Tibetan and Andean High-Altitude Natives--CYNTHIA M. BEALL (239-256)

14 On the Origin and Evolutionary Diversification of Beetle Horns--DOUGLAS J. EMLEN, LAURA CORLEY LAVINE, and BEN EWEN-CAMPEN (257-282)

Part V: CONCLUDING ESSAY (283-284)

15 Biological Design in Science Classrooms--EUGENIE C. SCOTT and NICHOLAS J. MATZKE (285-304)

References (305-344)

Index (345-360)