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Autore |
Godfrey-Smith Peter |
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Titolo |
Darwinian populations and natural selection / / Peter Godfrey-Smith |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-181035-5 |
1-282-05339-6 |
9786612053399 |
0-19-156778-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (218 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Natural selection |
Evolution (Biology) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1. Introduction and Overview; 2. Natural Selection and its Representation; 3. Variation, Selection, and Origins; 4. Reproduction and Individuality; 5. Bottlenecks, Germ Lines, and Queen Bees; 6. Levels and Transitions; 7. The Gene's Eye View; 8. Cultural Evolution; Appendix: Models; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book presents a new way of understanding Darwinism and evolution by natural selection, combining work in biology, philosophy, and other fields. It gives new criticisms of gene-centered views of evolution, and presents a new framework for understanding the evolution of complex organisms and societies. - ;In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he called ""natural selection,"" a combination of variation, inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this mechanism was the key to explaining the most puzzling features of the natural world, and science and philosoph |
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