Table Of ContentENCYCLOPEDIA OF EVOLUTION
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EDITOR IN CHIEF
Mark Pagel
University of Reading
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University of California at Irvine
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Dalhousie University
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University of Utah
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University of Texas at Austin
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University of New Mexico
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Michigan State University
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University College London
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Sir Walter Bodmer
L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Richard Dawkins
Jared M. Diamond
Sarah B. Hrdy
David L. Hull
Richard Leakey
John Maynard Smith
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Encyclopedia of
Evolution
Mark Pagel
EDITOR IN CHIEF
V O L U ME 1
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Contents
List of Articles vol. 1, p. ix
Topical Outline of Articles xiii
Preface xix
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EVOLUTION
OVERVIEW ESSAYS: STATES OF EVOLUTION
Introduction MarkPagel E-3
History of Evolutionary Thought David L. Hull E-7
The Mqjor Transitions in Evolution John Maynard Smith E-17
Macroevolution Stephen Jay Gould E-23
Culture in Chimpanzees Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson Lonsdorf E-29
Human Genetic and Linguistic Diversity L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza E-37
Motherhood Sarah Blaffer Hrdy E-SS
Darwinian Medicine Stephen C. Stearns E-67
Genomics and the Dawn of Proteomics M.. J. Bishop E-77
The New Replicators Daniel Dennett E-83
ALPHABETICAL ENTRIES
Directory of Contributors vol. 2, p. 1157
Index 1171
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List of Articles
The list of articles that follows reflects the sequence of overview essays and alphabetical
entries; for particular terms not noted here, refer to the index, as well as the blind
entries (e.g., "AIDS. See Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.") which appear se-
lectively as headwords between alphabetical entries.
OVERVIEW ESSAYS Biogeography
Island Biogeography
History of Evolutionary Thought
Vicariance Biogeography
The Major Transitions in Evolution
Human Influences on Biogeography
Macroevolution
Bioinformatics
Culture in Chimpanzees
Biological Warfare
Human Genetic and Linguistic Diversity
Birds
Motherhood
Body Plans
Darwinian Medicine
Brain Size Evolution
Genomics and the Dawn of Proteomics
Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc
The New Replicators
ALPHABETICAL ENTRIES C. elegans
Cain, Arthur James
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Cambrian Explosion
Origins and Phytogeny of HIV
Canalization
Dynamics of HIV Transmission and Infection
Cancer
Adaptation
Cell Evolution
Agriculture
Cell Lineage
Origins of Agriculture
Cell-Type Number and Complexity
Spread of Agriculture
Cellular Organelles
Alarm Calls
Character Displacement
Algae
Chromosomes
Alloparental Care
Classification
Altruism
Clonal Structure
Amphibians
An Overview
Ancient DNA
Population Structure and Clonality of Bacteria
Animals
Population Structure and Clonality of Protozoa
Antibiotic Resistance
Cloning
Origins, Mechanisms, and Extent of Resistance
Cnidarians
Epidemiological Considerations
Coalescent Theory and Modeling
Strategies for Managing Resistance
Codon Usage Bias
Apoptosis
Coevolution
Archaeological Inference
Comparative Method
Art
Complexity Theory
An Overview
Consciousness
An Adaptive Function?
Constraint
Arthropods
Constraints on Adaptation
Artificial Life
Convergent and Parallel Evolution
Artificial Selection
Cooperation
Assortative Mating
Cope's Rule
Atavisms
Coronary Artery Disease
Cortical Inheritance
Bacteria and Archaea Creationism
Basic Reproductive Rate (R ) Cryptic Female Choice
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