In the Light of Evolution

John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala, editors

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Part I: INTRODUCTORY ESSAY; 3 1 Darwin's Greatest Discovery: Design Without Designer--FRANCISCO J. AYALA; 4 Part II: EPISTEMOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO BIOCOMPLEXITY ASSESSMENT; 5 2 Functional Information and the Emergence of Biocomplexity--ROBERT M. HAZEN, PATRICK L. GRIFFIN, JAMES M. CAROTHERS, and JACK W. SZOSTAK; 6 3 The Theory of Facilitated Variation--JOHN GERHART and MARC KIRSCHNER; 7 4 Between "Design" and "Bricolage": Genetic Networks, Levels of Selection, and Adaptive Evolution--ADAM S. WILKINS; 8 5 The Frailty of Adaptive Hypotheses for the Origins of Organismal Complexity--MICHAEL LYNCH; 9 Part III: FROM INDIVIDUAL ONTOGENY TO SYMBIOSIS: A HIERARCHY OF COMPLEXITY; 10 6 Emerging Principles of Regulatory Evolution--BENJAMIN PRUD'HOMME, NICOLAS GOMPEL, and SEAN B. CARROLL; 11 7 Evolution of Individuality During the Transition from Unicellular to Multicellular Life--RICHARD E. MICHOD; 12 8 Insect Societies as Divided Organisms: The Complexities of Purpose and Cross-Purpose--JOAN E. STRASSMANN and DAVID C. QUELLER; 13 9 Symbiosis as an Adaptive Process and Source of Phenotypic Complexity--NANCY A. MORAN; 14 Part IV: CASE STUDIES: DISSECTING COMPLEX PHENOTYPES; 15 10 Adaptive Evolution of Color Vision as Seen Through the Eyes of Butterflies--FRANCESCA D. FRENTIU, GARY D. BERNARD, CRISTINA I. CUEVAS, MARILOU P. SISON-MANGUS, KATHLEEN L. PRUDIC, and ADRIANA D. BRISCOE; 16 11 Plant Domestication, a Unique Opportunity to Identify the Genetic Basis of Adaptation--JEFFREY ROSS-IBARRA, PETER L. MORRELL, and BRANDON S. GAUT; 17 12 An Experimental Test of Evolutionary Trade-Offs During Temperature Adaptation--ALBERT F. BENNETT and RICHARD E. LENSKI; 18 13 Two Routes to Functional Adaptation: Tibetan and Andean High-Altitude Natives--CYNTHIA M. BEALL; 19 14 On the Origin and Evolutionary Diversification of Beetle Horns--DOUGLAS J. EMLEN, LAURA CORLEY LAVINE, and BEN EWEN-CAMPEN; 20 Part V: CONCLUDING ESSAY; 21 15 Biological Design in Science Classrooms--EUGENIE C. SCOTT and NICHOLAS J. MATZKE; 22 References; 23 Index