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The major transitions in evolution revisited

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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.

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