Developmental Plasticity and Evolution

Part I - Framework for a Synthesis 1. Gaps and Inconsistencies in Modern Evolutionary Thought 2. Material for a Synthesis 3. Plasticity 4. Modularity 5. Development 6. Adaptive Evolution 7. Principles of Development and Evolution 8. Darwin's Theory of Development and Evolution Part II - The Origins of Novelty 9. The Nature and Analysis of Phenotypic Transitions 10. Duplication 11. Deletion 12. Reversion 13. Heterochrony 14. Heterotopy 15. Cross-sexual Transfer 16. Quantitative Shifts...
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Part I - Framework for a Synthesis 1. Gaps and Inconsistencies in Modern Evolutionary Thought 2. Material for a Synthesis 3. Plasticity 4. Modularity 5. Development 6. Adaptive Evolution 7. Principles of Development and Evolution 8. Darwin's Theory of Development and Evolution Part II - The Origins of Novelty 9. The Nature and Analysis of Phenotypic Transitions 10. Duplication 11. Deletion 12. Reversion 13. Heterochrony 14. Heterotopy 15. Cross-sexual Transfer 16. Quantitative Shifts in Correlated Change 17. Combinatorial Evolution at the Molecular Level 18. Phenotypic Recombination by Learning 19. Recurrence Part III - Alternative Phenotypes 20. Alternative Phenotypes as a Phase of Evolution 21. Divergence without Speciation 22. Maintenance without Equilibrium 23. Assessment Part IV - Developmental Plasticity and the Major Themes of Evolutionary Biology 24. Gradualism 25. Homology 26. Environmental Modifications 27. Speciation 28. Adaptive Radiation 29. Macroevolution 30. Punctuation 31. One Final Word: Sex