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In the Light of Evolution - Volume III: Two Centuries of Darwin (Hardcover)
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In the Light of Evolution - Volume III: Two Centuries of Darwin (Hardcover)
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Two Centuries of Darwin is the outgrowth of an Arthur M. Sackler
Colloquium, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences on
January 16-17, 2009. In the chapters of this book, leading
evolutionary biologists and science historians reflect on and
commemorate the Darwinian Revolution. They canvass modern research
approaches and current scientific thought on each of the three main
categories of selection (natural, artificial, and sexual) that
Darwin addressed during his career. Although Darwin's legacy is
associated primarily with the illumination of natural selection in
The Origin, he also contemplated and wrote extensively about what
we now term artificial selection and sexual selection. In a
concluding section of this book, several science historians comment
on Darwin's seminal contributions. Two Centuries of Darwin is the
third book of the In the Light of Evolution series. Each
installment in the series explores evolutionary perspectives on a
particular biological topic that is scientifically intriguing but
also has special relevance to contemporary societal issues or
challenges. The ILE series aims to interpret phenomena in various
areas of biology through the lens of evolution and address some of
the most intellectually engaging, as well as pragmatically
important societal issues of our times. Table of Contents Front
Matter Part I: NATURAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO NATURE 1 Natural
Selection inAction During Speciation--Sara Via 2 Adaptive
Radiations:From Field to Genomic Studies--Scott A. Hodges and
Nathan J. Derieg 3 Genetics and Ecological Speciation--Dolph
Schluter and Gina L. Conte 4 Cascades of Convergent Evolution: The
Corresponding Evolutionary Histories of Euglenozoans and
Dinoflagellates--Julius Luke?, Brian S. Leander, and Patrick J.
Keeling Part II: ARTIFICIAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO HUMAN
DEMANDS 5 From Wild Animals to Domestic Pets, an Evolutionary View
of Domestication--Carlos A. Driscoll, David W. Macdonald, and
Stephen J. O'Brien 6 Tracking Footprints of Maize Domestication and
Evidence for a Massive Selective Sweep on Chromosome 10--Feng Tian,
Natalie M. Stevens, and Edward S. Buckler IV 7 Human-Induced
Evolution Caused by Unnatural Selection Through Harvest of Wild
Animals--Fred W. Allendorf and Jeffrey J. Hard 8 In the Light of
Directed Evolution: Pathways of Adaptive Protein Evolution--Jesse
D. Bloom and Frances H. Arnold Part III: SEXUAL SELECTION, OR
ADAPTATION TO MATING DEMANDS 9 Mate Choice and Sexual Selection:
What Have We Learned Since Darwin?--Adam G. Jones and Nicholas L.
Ratterman 10 Sexual Selection and Mating Systems--Stephen M.
Shuster 11 Reproductive Decisions Under Ecological Constraints:
It's About Time--Patricia Adair Gowaty and Stephen P. Hubbell 12
Postcopulatory Sexual Selection: Darwin's Omission and Its
Consequences--William G. Eberhard Part IV: THE DARWINIAN LEGACY,
150 YEARS LATER 13 Darwin and the Scientific Method--Francisco J.
Ayala 14 The Darwinian Revolution: Rethinking Its Meaningand
Significance--Michael Ruse 15 Did Darwin Write *the Origin*
Backwards?--Elliott Sober 16 Darwin's Place in the History of
Thought: A Reevaluation--Robert J. Richards 17 Darwin's "Strange
Inversion of Reasoning"--Daniel Dennett References Index
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