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UNINA9910971687003321 |
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Autore |
Reid Robert G. B. <1939-> |
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Titolo |
Biological emergences : evolution by natural experiment / / Robert G.B. Reid |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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9786612098291 |
9780262264426 |
0262264420 |
9781282098299 |
1282098292 |
9780262282260 |
0262282267 |
9781429460958 |
1429460954 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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The Vienna series in theoretical biology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Evolution (Biology) |
Variation (Biology) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [466]-504) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction The Re-invention of Natural Selection -- 1 Paradigm Drift -- 2 Prologue to Emergence -- 3 Evolution by Association -- 4 The Physiological Arena -- 5 Development and Evolution -- 6 Epigenetic Mechanisms -- 7 Orthogenesis -- 8 The Re-invention of Emergence -- 9 From the Particular to the General -- 10 An Emergence Theory -- 11 A Biological Synthesis -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A critique of selectionism and the proposal of an alternate theory of emergent evolution that is causally sufficient for evolutionary biology. |
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