Outgrowth of a meeting of the "Altenberg 16" at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Altenberg, Austria, in July 2008. Cf. pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Elements of an extended evolutionary synthesis / Massimo Pigliucci and Gerd B. Müller -- Reconsidering the importance of chance variation / John Beatty -- High-dimensional fitness landscapes and speciation / Sergey Gavrilets -- Multilevel selection and major transitions / David Sloan Wilson -- Integrating genomics into evolutionary theory / Gregory A. Wray -- Complexities in genome structure and evolution / Michael Purugganan -- Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance / Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb -- Niche inheritance / John Odling-Smee -- Chemical, neuronal, and linguistic replicators / Chrisantha Fernando and Eörs Szathmáry -- Facilitated variation / Marc W. Kirschner and John C. Gerhart -- Dynamical patterning modules / Stuart A. Newman -- Epigenetic innovation / Gerd B. Müller -- Origination patterns and multilevel processes in macroevolution / David Jablonski -- Phenotypic plasticity / Massimo Pigliucci -- Evolution of evolvability / Günter P. Wagner and Jeremy Draghi -- Rethinking the structure of evolutionary theory for an extended synthesis / Alan C. Love -- The dialectics of dis/unity in the evolutionary synthesis and its extensions / Werner Callebaut.