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Principles of Social Evolution [Minkštas viršelis]

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(School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x157x16 mm, weight: 494 g, 25 black and white illustrations
  • Serija: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Jan-2011
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199231168
  • ISBN-13: 9780199231164
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 234x157x16 mm, weight: 494 g, 25 black and white illustrations
  • Serija: Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution
  • Išleidimo metai: 06-Jan-2011
  • Leidėjas: Oxford University Press
  • ISBN-10: 0199231168
  • ISBN-13: 9780199231164
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Living things are organized in a hierarchy of levels. Genes group together in cells, cells group together in organisms, and organisms group together in societies. Even different species form mutualistic partnerships. Throughout the history of life, previously independent units have formed groups that, in time, have come to resemble individuals in their own right. Evolutionary biologists term such events "the major transitions". The process common to them all is social evolution. Each transition occurs only if natural selection favors one unit joining with another in a new kind of group.

This book presents a fresh synthesis of the principles of social evolution that underlie the major transitions, explaining how the basic theory underpinning social evolution - inclusive fitness theory - is central to understanding each event. The book defines the key stages in a major transition, then highlights the shared principles operating at each stage across the transitions as a whole. It addresses in new ways the question of how, once they have arisen, organisms and societies become more individualistic.

Recenzijos

... sets the standard for the future of research in social evolution ... It will be indispensable for scholars in the field of social evolution in its broadest sense. * Ulrich R. Ernst, TREE * a superb book, one that should change how we teach and think about life on our planet. ... an accessible, comprehensive, and highly readable overview, which will be invaluable in undergraduate teaching ... equally suitable for frontline researchers from postgraduate to professorial levels. * Stuart West, Science * Principles of Social Evolution is one of the most enjoyable science books I have ever read. * Jan Oettler, Basic and Applied Ecology * Principles of Social Evolution is a remarkable book, written in an engaging yet unassuming style and filled with fascinating examples and case studies. Its brevity (267 pages including references) testifies to the authors ability to synthesize complex arguments while retaining clarity and breadth of scope. * Human Ethology Bulletin *

Preface and Acknowledgements vii
1 An expanded view of social evolution
1(27)
1.1 The biological hierarchy, the evolution of individuality, and the major evolutionary transitions
2(2)
1.2 Strengths of the `major transitions view' of evolution and aims of this book
4(2)
1.3 Defining major evolutionary transitions and their component stages
6(15)
1.4 Inclusive fitness theory and the evolution of cooperation
21(2)
1.5 Challenges remaining in the study of social evolution
23(3)
1.6 Summary
26(2)
2 A primer in inclusive fitness theory
28(46)
2.1 Hamilton's rule and relatedness
28(6)
Social actions
28(3)
Relatedness
31(1)
Hamilton's rule
32(2)
2.2 The effect of levels of relatedness on evolvable types of social action
34(7)
Cooperation (narrow sense)
38(1)
Altruism
38(2)
Selfishness
40(1)
Spite
41(1)
2.3 Social conflict and the tragedy of the commons
41(6)
Examples of kin-selected conflict
42(1)
Intragenomic and intergenomic conflict
43(2)
The tragedy of the commons
45(2)
2.4 Assumptions of inclusive fitness theory
47(10)
The scale of social behaviour relative to dispersal
47(2)
Causes of relatedness, interests of other loci, green-beard genes, and consequences for social evolution
49(3)
Facultative gene expression
52(1)
Genes for social actions in nature
52(5)
2.5 The value of inclusive fitness theory
57(14)
Relationship of inclusive fitness theory with multilevel selection theory
57(2)
Evidence for inclusive fitness theory
59(4)
Recent critiques of inclusive fitness theory
63(8)
2.6 Summary
71(3)
3 The major transitions in light of inclusive fitness theory
74(21)
3.1 Egalitarian versus fraternal major transitions
74(5)
Interactions within species
74(1)
Interactions between species
75(3)
Shared genes versus shared reproductive fate
78(1)
3.2 Conflict resolution
79(7)
Self-limitation
80(4)
Coercion
84(2)
3.3 Life cycles and the major transitions
86(7)
Unitary propagule (bottleneck present)
88(4)
Group propagule (bottleneck absent)
92(1)
3.4 Summary
93(2)
4 Social group formation
95(34)
4.1 Pathways of social group formation
95(6)
Pathways of social group formation among non-relatives
95(1)
Pathways of social group formation among relatives
96(5)
4.2 Genetic factors in social group formation
101(9)
Genetic factors in social group formation among non-relatives
101(5)
Genetic factors in social group formation among relatives
106(4)
4.3 Ecological factors in social group formation
110(11)
Ecological factors in social group formation among non-relatives
110(3)
Ecological factors in social group formation among relatives
113(8)
4.4 Synergistic factors in social group formation
121(2)
Synergistic factors in social group formation among non-relatives
121(1)
Synergistic factors in social group formation among relatives
122(1)
4.5 Hamilton's rule and social group formation
123(4)
4.6 Summary
127(2)
5 Social group maintenance
129(33)
5.1 Limitation of exploitation: principles and processes
129(1)
5.2 Limitation of exploitation from outside
130(7)
Recognition of self versus non-self in social groups of non-relatives
130(1)
Recognition of self versus non-self in social groups of relatives
131(3)
Recognition systems are imperfect
134(2)
Some forms of social group defence against external exploitation select for genetic variation within groups
136(1)
5.3 Limitation of exploitation from inside: self-limitation through negative frequency-dependence
137(3)
Social bacteria
138(1)
Cytoplasmic male sterility
138(2)
Social insects
140(1)
5.4 Limitation of exploitation from inside: self-limitation through excessive costs to the group
140(8)
Non-transmissible cancers in multicellular organisms
141(1)
Transmissible cancers in multicellular organisms
142(3)
Selfish reproduction within eusocial societies
145(1)
Worker social parasites of intraspecific origin in eusocial societies
146(1)
Limitation of exploitation by excessive costs in interspecific mutualisms
147(1)
5.5 Limitation of exploitation from inside: limitation by others through coercion
148(11)
Enforced uniparental inheritance of mitochondria
148(2)
Enforced fairness in meiosis
150(2)
Enforced suppression of cytoplasmic male sterility and other forms of sex ratio distortion
152(1)
Coercion in eusocial societies
153(5)
Enforced fairness in interspecific mutualisms
158(1)
5.6 Predicting the outcome of the limitation of exploitation
159(2)
5.7 Summary
161(1)
6 Social group transformation
162(36)
6.1 The size-complexity hypothesis for social group transformation
162(2)
6.2 Simple versus complex social groups
164(12)
Simplicity and complexity in social groups
164(4)
Evidence for size-associated syndromes of simplicity and complexity in multicellular organisms
168(2)
Evidence for size-associated syndromes of simplicity and complexity in eusocial societies
170(2)
Number of independent evolutions of complexity in social groups
172(3)
Complexity, sexual reproduction, and genetic variation
175(1)
6.3 External drivers leading to greater size in social groups
176(3)
Short-term ecological drivers of greater size in social groups
176(1)
Long-term evolutionary drivers of greater size in social groups
177(2)
6.4 Effect of increasing size of the social group on group complexity
179(11)
Reproductive division of labour within multicellular organisms
179(4)
Non-reproductive division of labour within multicellular organisms
183(1)
Reproductive division of labour within eusocial societies
184(6)
Non-reproductive division of labour within eusocial societies
190(1)
6.5 Self-reinforcing social evolution in social group transformation
190(3)
Positive feedback favouring large group size in multicellular organisms
190(1)
Positive feedback favouring large group size in eusocial societies
191(2)
6.6 The size-complexity hypothesis: conclusions
193(2)
6.7 Summary
195(3)
7 Synthesis and conclusions
198(8)
7.1 The principles of social evolution: a summing-up
198(3)
7.2 Open questions in the study of social evolution
201(1)
7.3 The next major transition
201(4)
7.4 Summary
205(1)
References 206(39)
Author Index 245(8)
Subject Index 253(10)
Taxonomic Index 263
Andrew Bourke graduated with a degree in Zoology from the University of Cambridge in 1983, before conducting a PhD on the social biology of slave-making ants at the University of Bath. In 1988 he obtained a Junior Research Fellowship from Jesus College, Cambridge, which he held until 1991 in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. In 1992, he moved to the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, where he was a research fellow and latterly a Reader. He has held his present position as Professor of Evolutionary Biology at the University of East Anglia since 2006. His research focuses on the evolution of social behaviour, especially in ants and bees. He has published around 50 articles on the conservation, behaviour, ecology, evolution, and genetics of the social insects, and is coauthor of the book 'Social Evolution in Ants'. From 2000 to 2006, he was an editor, then Editor-in-Chief, of the journal 'Behavioral Ecology'.