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Part I: NATURAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO NATURE (1-4)
1 Natural Selection inAction During Speciation--Sara Via (5-26)
2 Adaptive Radiations:From Field to Genomic Studies--Scott A. Hodges and Nathan J. Derieg (27-46)
3 Genetics and Ecological Speciation--Dolph Schluter and Gina L. Conte (47-64)
4 Cascades of Convergent Evolution: The Corresponding Evolutionary Histories of Euglenozoans and Dinoflagellates--Julius Lukeš, Brian S. Leander, and Patrick J. Keeling (65-84)
Part II: ARTIFICIAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO HUMAN DEMANDS (85-88)
5 From Wild Animals to Domestic Pets, an Evolutionary View of Domestication--Carlos A. Driscoll, David W. Macdonald, and Stephen J. O'Brien (89-110)
6 Tracking Footprints of Maize Domestication and Evidence for a Massive Selective Sweep on Chromosome 10--Feng Tian, Natalie M. Stevens, and Edward S. Buckler IV (111-128)
7 Human-Induced Evolution Caused by Unnatural Selection Through Harvest of Wild Animals--Fred W. Allendorf and Jeffrey J. Hard (129-148)
8 In the Light of Directed Evolution: Pathways of Adaptive Protein Evolution--Jesse D. Bloom and Frances H. Arnold (149-164)
Part III: SEXUAL SELECTION, OR ADAPTATION TO MATING DEMANDS (165-168)
9 Mate Choice and Sexual Selection: What Have We Learned Since Darwin?--Adam G. Jones and Nicholas L. Ratterman (169-190)
10 Sexual Selection and Mating Systems--Stephen M. Shuster (191-212)
11 Reproductive Decisions Under Ecological Constraints: It's About Time--Patricia Adair Gowaty and Stephen P. Hubbell (213-242)
12 Postcopulatory Sexual Selection: Darwin's Omission and Its Consequences--William G. Eberhard (243-262)
Part IV: THE DARWINIAN LEGACY, 150 YEARS LATER (263-266)
13 Darwin and the Scientific Method--Francisco J. Ayala (267-286)
14 The Darwinian Revolution: Rethinking Its Meaningand Significance--Michael Ruse (287-306)
15 Did Darwin Write *the Origin* Backwards?--Elliott Sober (307-328)
16 Darwin's Place in the History of Thought: A Reevaluation--Robert J. Richards (329-342)
17 Darwin's "Strange Inversion of Reasoning"--Daniel Dennett (343-354)