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Autore: | Godfrey-Smith Peter |
Titolo: | Darwinian populations and natural selection [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Godfrey-Smith |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (218 p.) |
Disciplina: | 576.82 |
Soggetto topico: | Natural selection |
Evolution (Biology) | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Darwinian populations and natural selection |
ISBN: | 0-19-181035-5 |
1-282-05339-6 | |
9786612053399 | |
0-19-156778-7 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782815603321 |
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