In Light of Evolution: Adaptation and Complex Design
by Avise, John C.Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2007-11-01
Publisher(s): NATL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE
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Summary
The Arthur M. Sackler Colloquia of the National Academy of Sciences address scientific topics of broad and current interest, cutting across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each year, four or five such colloquia are scheduled, typically two days in length and international in scope. Colloquia are organized by a member of the Academy, often with the assistance of an organizing committee, and feature presentations by leading scientists in the field and discussions with a hundred or more researchers with an interest in the topic. Colloquia presentations are recorded and posted on the National Academy of Sciences Sackler colloquia website and published on CD-ROM. These Colloquia are made possible by a generous gift from Mrs. Jill Sackler, in memory of her husband, Arthur M. Sackler.
Table of Contents
| Arthur M. Sackler Biography | p. vii |
| Preface to the In the Light of Evolution Series | p. xiii |
| Preface to In the Light of Evoluion I: Adaptation and Complex Design | p. xv |
| Introductory Essay | p. 1 |
| Darwin's Greatest Discovery: Design Without Designer | p. 3 |
| Epistemological Approaches to Biocomplexity Assessment | p. 23 |
| Functional Information and the Emergence of Biocomplexity | p. 25 |
| The Theory of Facilitated Variation | p. 45 |
| Between "Design" and "Bricolage": Genetic Networks, Levels of Selection, and Adaptive Evolution | p. 65 |
| The Frailty of Adaptive Hypotheses for the Origins of Organismal Complexity | p. 83 |
| From Individual Ontogeny to Symbiosis: A Hierarchy of Complexity | p. 105 |
| Emerging Principles of Regulatory Evolution | p. 109 |
| Evolution of Individuality During the Transition from Unicellular to Multicellular Life | p. 129 |
| Insect Societies as Divided Organisms: The Complexities of Purpose and Cross-Purpose | p. 145 |
| Symbiosis as an Adaptive Process and Source of Phenotypic Complexity | p. 165 |
| Case Studies: Dissecting Complex Phenotypes | p. 183 |
| Adaptive Evolution of Color Vision as Seen Through the Eyes of Butterflies | p. 187 |
| Plant Domestication, a Unique Opportunity to Identify the Genetic Basis of Adaptation | p. 205 |
| An Experimental Test of Evolutionary Trade-Offs During Temperature Adaptation | p. 225 |
| Two Routes to Functional Adaptation: Tibetan and Andean High-Altitude Natives | p. 239 |
| On the Origin and Evolutionary Diversification of Beetle Horns | p. 257 |
| Concluding Essay | p. 283 |
| Biological Design in Science Classrooms | p. 285 |
| References | p. 305 |
| Index | p. 345 |
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