Conceptual Breakthroughs in Evolutionary Genetics. A Brief History of Shifting Paradigms

Content: 
Front-matter, Pages i,iii
Copyright, Page iv
Acknowledgments, Page xv
Introduction, Pages xvii-xix
Part I. The First 50 Years (1859–1910): Laying the Foundations, Page 1
Chapter 1 - 1859 Whose Handiwork?, Pages 3-4
Chapter 2 - 1861 Spontaneous Generation, Pages 5-6
Chapter 3 - 1865 The Nature of Heredity, Pages 7-8
Chapter 4 - 1871 Pre-copulatory Sexual Selection, Pages 9-10
Chapter 5 - 1875 Nature versus Nurture, Pages 11-12
Chapter 6 - 1876 Biogeography, Pages 13-14
Chapter 7 - 1889 Germ Plasm, Pages 15-16
Chapter 8 - 1902 The Etiology of Disabilities, Pages 17-18
Chapter 9 - 1902 Autosomes, Pages 19-20
Chapter 10 - 1905 Epistasis, Pages 21-22
Chapter 11 - 1908 Hardy-Weinberg, Pages 23-24
Chapter 12 - 1909 Genotype versus Phenotype, Pages 25-26
Chapter 13 - 1909 Non-Mendelian Inheritance, Pages 27-28
Chapter 14 - 1910 Sex Chromosomes, Pages 29-30
Part II. The Next 50 Years (1910–1960): Expanding the Foundations, Page 31
Chapter 15 - 1912 Continental Drift, Pages 33-34
Chapter 16 - 1915 Homeotic Genes, Pages 35-36
Chapter 17 - 1927 Mutation, Pages 37-38
Chapter 18 - 1930 Sex Ratio, Pages 39-40
Chapter 19 - 1932 End of a Debate, Pages 41-42
Chapter 20 - 1935 Biological Species, Pages 43-44
Chapter 21 - 1937 Modern Synthesis, Pages 45-46
Chapter 22 - 1942 Epigenetics, Pages 47-48
Chapter 23 - 1944 Genetic Material, Pages 49-50
Chapter 24 - 1950 Jumping Genes, Pages 51-52
Chapter 25 - 1952 Pluripotency, Pages 53-54
Chapter 26 - 1952 Aging, Pages 55-56
Chapter 27 - 1953 Origins of Life, Pages 57-58
Chapter 28 - 1954 Hybridization, Pages 59-60
Chapter 29 - 1954 Life’s Antiquity, Pages 61-62
Chapter 30 - 1956 Evolution in Action, Pages 63-64
Part III. The 1960s and 1970s: Dawn of the Molecular Era, Page 65
Chapter 31 - 1963 Molecular Phylogeny, Pages 67-68
Chapter 32 - 1964 Kin Selection, Pages 69-70
Chapter 33 - 1964 Coevolution, Pages 71-72
Chapter 34 - 1965 Molecular Clocks, Pages 73-74
Chapter 35 - 1966 Cladistics, Pages 75-76
Chapter 36 - 1966 Individual Selection, Pages 77-78
Chapter 37 - 1966 Genetic Variation, Pages 79-80
Chapter 38 - 1967 Organelle Origins, Pages 81-82
Chapter 39 - 1968 Genomic Structure, Pages 83-84
Chapter 40 - 1968 Neutrality Theory, Pages 85-86
Chapter 41 - 1969 Gene Regulation, Pages 87-88
Chapter 42 - 1970 The Flow of Information, Pages 89-90
Chapter 43 - 1970 Post-copulatory Sexual Selection, Pages 91-92
Chapter 44 - 1972 Jerky Evolution, Pages 93-94
Chapter 45 - 1972 Recombinant DNA, Pages 95-96
Chapter 46 - 1974 Parent–Offspring Conflict, Pages 97-98
Chapter 47 - 1975 Human Genomic Uniqueness, Pages 99-100
Chapter 48 - 1976 Selfish Genes, Pages 101-102
Chapter 49 - 1977 Split Genes, Pages 103-104
Chapter 50 - 1977 Domains of Life, Pages 105-106
Chapter 51 - 1979 Phylogeography, Pages 107-108
Chapter 52 - 1979 Exaptations, Pages 109-110
Chapter 53 - 1979 Genetic Code, Pages 111-112
Part IV. Post-1980: Elaborating and Revisiting the Foundations, Page 113
Chapter 54 - 1980 Microbial Clonality, Pages 115-116
Chapter 55 - 1982 Catalyzing New Thoughts, Pages 117-118
Chapter 56 - 1982 Game Theory, Pages 119-120
Chapter 57 - 1983 Conservation Genetics, Pages 121-122
Chapter 58 - 1984 DNA Fingerprinting and Mating Systems, Pages 123-124
Chapter 59 - 1987 Humans Out of Africa, Pages 125-126
Chapter 60 - 1989 Fossil DNA, Pages 127-128
Chapter 61 - 1991 Phylogenetic Character Mapping, Pages 129-130
Chapter 62 - 1992 Evolutionary Psychology, Pages 131-132
Chapter 63 - 1993 Regulatory RNAs, Pages 133-134
Chapter 64 - 1994 Darwinian Medicine, Pages 135-136
Chapter 65 - 1999 Lateral Transfer in the Web of Life, Pages 137-138
Chapter 66 - 2001 Genomic Sequencing, Pages 139-140
Chapter 67 - 2003 Barcoding Life, Pages 141-142
Chapter 68 - 2003 Functional Pseudogenes, Pages 143-144
Chapter 69 - 2004 Adaptive Speciation, Pages 145-146
Chapter 70 - 2010 Comparative Genomics, Pages 147-148
Epilogue, Page 149
Glossary, Pages 151-158
Index, Pages 159-164