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Interviews with leading experts recorded at this
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This volume is based on presentations by the world-renowned investigators who gathered at the 74th annual Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species. It reviews the latest advances in research into evolution, focusing on the molecular bases for evolutionary change. The topics covered include the appearance of the first genetic material, the origins of cellular life, evolution and development, selection and adaptation, and genome evolution. Human origins, cognition, and cultural evolution are also covered, along with social interactions.

The line-up of speakers comprised a stellar list of preeminent scientists and thinkers such as the zoologist and prolific author E. O. Wilson (Harvard University); genome-sequencing pioneer Craig Venter (J. Craig Venter Institute); and Nobel Prize winner and former president of HHMI Thomas Cech (Colorado Institute for Molecular Biotechnology), to name just a few.

A complete summary of the meeting can be found here.

INTRODUCTION

J. Browne,  E.O. Wilson, and D. Kingsley

RNA AND PROTEINS

T.R. Cech, G.F. Joyce, V. Ramakrishnan, M.B. Mathews, R.F. Doolittle, and F.H. Arnold

CELLULAR EVOLUTION

J.W. Szostak, L. Shapiro, E.H. Davidson, S. Lindquist, and B.M. Degnan

SELECTION AND ADAPTATION

L. Kruglyak, H.E. Hoekstra, C.D. Bustamante, G. Bell, N. Barton, B. Charlesworth, and D.C. Page

CULTURAL EVOLUTION

D.C. Dennett, M. Ridley, and N. Ferguson

DIVERSITY

D.C. Wallace, W.F. Doolittle, C. Fraser-Liggett, D.E. Soltis, and P. Hebert

GENOME EVOLUTION

J.D. Palmer, E.V. Koonin, S. Wessler, R. Martienssen, E.E. Eichler, and J.M. Sikela

EVOLUTION OF SYSTEMS

G.J. Hannon, J.W. Thornton, V. Hartenstein, and S.G.N. Grant

EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT

Q. Cronk, A.P. Moczek, M. Levine, S.B. Carroll, R.R. Behringer, and N.H. Patel

EVOLUTION AND THE PUBLIC

B. Forrest and K.R. Miller

DOMESTICATION

R. Sederoff, L. Andersson, and E.A. Ostrander

HUMAN EVOLUTION

T.D. White and S.A. Tishkoff

SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

K. Foster, G.E. Robinson, and R. Wrangham

MUTATION

T.A. Kunkel, T. Little, P.E. Turner, R.E. Lenski, and R.J. Greenspan

SUMMARY

B. Charlesworth

Author Index

Subject Index