The major transitions in evolution revisited

Introduction : a dynamic view of evolution / Brett Calcott and Kim Sterelny

The miscellaneous transitions in evolution / Daniel W. McShea and Carl Simpson

Alternative patterns of explanation for major transitions / Brett Calcott

Biological ontology and hierarchical organization : a defense of rank freedom / Samir Okasha

Darwinian populations and transitions in individuality / Peter Godfrey-Smith

Evolvability reconsidered / Kim Sterelny

To be or not to be : where is self-preservation in evolutionary theory? / Pamela Lyon

The evolution of restraint in structured populations : setting the stage for an egalitarian major transition / Benjamin Kerr and Joshua Nahum

Conflicts among levels of selection as fuel for the evolution of individuality / Paul B. Rainey and Benjamin Kerr

Evolutionary transitions in individuality : multicellularity and sex / Richard E. Michod

How many levels are there? : how insights from evolutionary transitions in individuality help measure the hierarchical complexity of life / Carl Simpson

Plant individuality and multilevel selection theory / Ellen Clarke

Phylogenetic, functional, and geological perspectives on complex multicellularity / Andrew H. Knoll and David Hewitt

The small picture approach to the big picture : using DNA sequences to investigate the diversification of animal body plans / Lindell Bromham

Concluding remarks / Eörs Szathmáry and Chrisantha Fernando.