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List of Figures viii List of Tables x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xvii Introduction xviiiSahotra Sarkar and Anya Plutynski Part I Molecular Biology and Genetics 1 1 Gene Concepts 3Hans–Jörg Rheinberger and Staffan Müller–Wille 2 Biological Information 22Stefan Artmann 3 Heredity and Heritability 40Richard C. Lewontin 4 Genomics, Proteomics, and Beyond 58Sahotra Sarkar Part II Evolution 75 5 Darwinism and Neo–Darwinism 77James G. Lennox 6 Systematics and Taxonomy 99Marc Ereshefsky 7 Population Genetics 119Christopher Stephens 8 The Units and Levels of Selection 138Samir Okasha 9 Molecular Evolution 157Michael R. Dietrich 10 Speciation and Macroevolution 169Anya Plutynski 11 Adaptationism 186Peter Godfrey–Smith and Jon F. Wilkins Part III Developmental Biology 203 12 Phenotypic Plasticity and Reaction Norms 205Jonathan M. Kaplan 13 Explaining the Ontogeny of Form: Philosophical Issues 223Alan C. Love 14 Development and Evolution 248Ron Amundson Part IV Medicine 269 15 Self and Nonself 271Moira Howes 16 Health and Disease 287Dominic Murphy Part V Ecology 299 17 Population Ecology 301Mark Colyvan 18 Complexity, Diversity, and Stability 321James Justus 19 Ecosystems 351Kent A. Peacock 20 Biodiversity: Its Meaning and Value 368Bryan G. Norton Part VI Mind and Behavior 391 21 Ethology, Sociobiology, and Evolutionary Psychology 393Paul E. Griffiths 22 Cooperation 415J. McKenzie Alexander 23 Language and Evolution 431Derek Bickerton Part VII Experimentation, Theory, and Themes 453 24 What is Life? 455Mark A. Bedau 25 Experimentation 472Marcel Weber 26 Laws and Theories 489Marc Lange 27 Models 506Jay Odenbaugh 28 Function and Teleology 525Justin Garson 29 Reductionism in Biology 550Alexander Rosenberg Index 568