In the light of evolution. Volume III, Two centuries of Darwin / John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academy of Sciences, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Avise, John C., editor.

Ayala, Francisco J. (Francisco José), 1934-2023, editor.

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extinction (Biology).

Biodiversity.

Evolution (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Intro

FrontMatter

Arthur M. Sackler, M.D. 1913-1987

Contents

Preface to the *In the Light of Evolution* Series

Preface to *In the Light of Evolution, Volume III: Two Centuries of Darwin*

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 Lukeš, 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2015).

ISBN:

9780309148627

0309148626

9780309139878

0309139872

OCLC:

932310685