The Theory of Evolution: Principles, Concepts, and Assumptions

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Contents List of Contributors One. The Theory of Evolution / David P. Mindell and Samuel M. Scheiner Part I: Overarching Issues Two. Historicizing the Synthesis: Critical Insights and Pivotal Moments in the Long History of Evolutionary Theory / Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis Three. Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory: Risky Inferences of Process from Pattern / Patrick Forber Four. Modeling Evolutionary Theories / Patrick C. Phillips Five. Traits and Homology / James O. McInerney Six. The Nature of Species in Evolution / Marco J. Nathan and Joel Cracraft Seven. The Tree of Life and the Episodic Evolutionary Synthesis / Maureen Kearney Eight. Situating Evolutionary Developmental Biology in Evolutionary Theory / Alan C. Love Part II: Constitutive Theories Nine. The Inductive Theory of Natural Selection / Steven A. Frank and Gordon A. Fox Ten. The Theory of Multilevel Selection / Charles Goodnight Eleven. The Demography of Fitness: Life Histories and Their Evolution / Gordon A. Fox and Samuel M. Scheiner Twelve. The Theory of Ecological Specialization / Timothée Poisot Thirteen. The Theory of the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity / Samuel M. Scheiner Fourteen. The Evolution of Sex / Maria E. Orive Fifteen. Speciation / Scott V. Edwards, Robin Hopkins, and James Mallet Sixteen. The Theory of Evolutionary Biogeography / Rosemary G. Gillespie, Jun Y. Lim, and Andrew J. Rominger Seventeen. Macroevolutionary Theory / David Jablonski References Index