Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index

Introduction : a dynamic view of evolution / Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny The miscellaneous transitions in evolution / Daniel W. McShea and Carl Simpson Alternative patterns of explanation for major transitions / Brett Calcott Biological ontogeny and hierarchical organization : a defense of rank freedom / Samir Okasha Darwinian populations and transitions in individuality / Peter Godfrey-Smith Evolvability reconsidered / Kim Sterelny To be or not to be : where is self-preservation in evolutionary theory? / Pamela Lyon The evolution of restraint in structured populations : setting the stage for an egalitarian major transition / Benjamin Kerr and Joshua Nahum Conflicts among levels of selection as fuel for the evolution of individuality / Paul B. Rainey and Benjamin Kerr Evolutionary transitions in individuality : multicellularity and sex / Richard E. Michod How many levels are there? : how insights from evolutionary transitions in individuality help measure the hierarchical complexity of life / Carl Simpson Plant individuality and multilevel selection theory / Ellen Clarke Phylogenetic, functional, and geological perspectives on complex multicellularity / Andrew H. Knoll and David Hewitt The small picture approach to the big picture : using DNA sequences to investigate the diversification of animal body plans / Lindell Bromham Concluding remarks / Eörs Szathmáry and Chrisantha Fernando