Adaptation and complex design [[electronic resource] /] / John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala, editors |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AviseJohn C
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José) |
Collana | In the light of evolution |
Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) |
ISBN |
1-281-11007-8
9786611110079 0-309-66786-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Introduction essay -- pt. 2. Epistemological approaches to biocomplexity assessment -- pt. 3. From individual ontogeny to symbiosis : a hierarchy of complexity -- pt. 4. Case studies : dissecting complex phenotypes -- pt. 5. Concluding essay. |
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Adaptation and complex design [[electronic resource] /] / John C. Avise and Francisco J. Ayala, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (379 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AviseJohn C
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José) |
Collana | In the light of evolution |
Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) |
ISBN |
1-281-11007-8
9786611110079 0-309-66786-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Introduction essay -- pt. 2. Epistemological approaches to biocomplexity assessment -- pt. 3. From individual ontogeny to symbiosis : a hierarchy of complexity -- pt. 4. Case studies : dissecting complex phenotypes -- pt. 5. Concluding essay. |
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Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007 | ||
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Colloquium on Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms--Toward a New Synthesis--50 Years After Stebbins [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by Francisco J. Ayala, Walter M. Fitch, and Michael I. Clegg] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (127 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.3/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)
FitchWalter M. <1929-2011.> CheggMichael I |
Collana | National Academy of Sciences colloquium series |
Soggetto topico |
Plants - Evolution
Plants - Variation |
ISBN |
1-280-18547-3
9786610185474 0-309-58912-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778624803321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 2000 | ||
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Colloquium on Variation and Evolution in Plants and Microorganisms--Toward a New Synthesis--50 Years After Stebbins [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by Francisco J. Ayala, Walter M. Fitch, and Michael I. Clegg] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (127 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.3/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)
FitchWalter M. <1929-2011.> CheggMichael I |
Collana | National Academy of Sciences colloquium series |
Soggetto topico |
Plants - Evolution
Plants - Variation |
ISBN |
1-280-18547-3
9786610185474 0-309-58912-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816704603321 |
Washington, D.C., : National Academy of Sciences, 2000 | ||
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Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina |
570.1
574.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)
ArpRobert |
Collana | Contemporary debates in philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Biologia Filosofia Evolució (Biologia) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN |
1-283-20471-1
9786613204714 1-119-97240-X 1-4443-1492-0 1-4443-1493-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""General Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""PART I IS IT POSSIBLE TOREDUCE BIOLOGICALEXPLANATIONS TOEXPLANATIONS INCHEMISTRY AND/ORPHYSICS?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ONE It Is Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics""; ""CHAPTER TWO It Is Not Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics""
""PART II HAVE TRAITS EVOLVED TO FUNCTION THE WAY THEY DO BECAUSE OF A PAST ADVANTAGE?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER THREE Traits Have Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""CHAPTER FOUR Traits Have Not Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""PART III ARE SPECIES REAL?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIVE Species Are Real Biological Entities""; ""CHAPTER SIX Species Are Not Uniquely Real Biological Entities""; ""PART IV DOES SELECTION OPERATE PRIMARILY ON GENES?"" ""Introduction""""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN Selection Does Operate Primarily on Genes: In Defense of the Gene as the Unit of Selection""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT Selection Does Not Operate Primarily on Genes""; ""PART V ARE MICROEVOLUTION AND MACROEVOLUTION GOVERNED BY THE SAME PROCESSES?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER NINE Microevolution and Macroevolution are Governed by the Same Processes""; ""CHAPTER TEN Microevolution and Macroevolution Are Not Governed by the Same Processes"" ""PART VI DOES EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OFFER A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO THE NEO-DARWINIAN PARADIGM?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN Evolutionary Developmental Biology Offers a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE Evolutionary Developmental Biology Does Not Offer a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""PART VII WERE THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN MIND SOLIDIFIED DURING THE PLEISTOCENE EPOCH?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading"" ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""""CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""; ""PART VIII DOES MEMETICS PROVIDE A USEFUL WAY OF UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL EVOLUTION?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN Memetics Does Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN Memetics Does Not Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution"" ""PART IX CAN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ACT AS A GROUND FOR ETHICS?"" |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996214689103316 |
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Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Francisco J. Ayala and Robert Arp |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
Disciplina |
570.1
574.01 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)
ArpRobert |
Collana | Contemporary debates in philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Biologia Filosofia Evolució (Biologia) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN |
1-283-20471-1
9786613204714 1-119-97240-X 1-4443-1492-0 1-4443-1493-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Biology""; ""Contents""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""General Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""PART I IS IT POSSIBLE TOREDUCE BIOLOGICALEXPLANATIONS TOEXPLANATIONS INCHEMISTRY AND/ORPHYSICS?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ONE It Is Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics""; ""CHAPTER TWO It Is Not Possible to Reduce Biological Explanations to Explanations in Chemistry and/or Physics""
""PART II HAVE TRAITS EVOLVED TO FUNCTION THE WAY THEY DO BECAUSE OF A PAST ADVANTAGE?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER THREE Traits Have Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""CHAPTER FOUR Traits Have Not Evolved to Function the Way They Do Because of a Past Advantage""; ""PART III ARE SPECIES REAL?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIVE Species Are Real Biological Entities""; ""CHAPTER SIX Species Are Not Uniquely Real Biological Entities""; ""PART IV DOES SELECTION OPERATE PRIMARILY ON GENES?"" ""Introduction""""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN Selection Does Operate Primarily on Genes: In Defense of the Gene as the Unit of Selection""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT Selection Does Not Operate Primarily on Genes""; ""PART V ARE MICROEVOLUTION AND MACROEVOLUTION GOVERNED BY THE SAME PROCESSES?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER NINE Microevolution and Macroevolution are Governed by the Same Processes""; ""CHAPTER TEN Microevolution and Macroevolution Are Not Governed by the Same Processes"" ""PART VI DOES EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY OFFER A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE TO THE NEO-DARWINIAN PARADIGM?""""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER ELEVEN Evolutionary Developmental Biology Offers a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""CHAPTER TWELVE Evolutionary Developmental Biology Does Not Offer a Significant Challenge to the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm""; ""PART VII WERE THE BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE HUMAN MIND SOLIDIFIED DURING THE PLEISTOCENE EPOCH?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading"" ""CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""""CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Basic Components of the Human Mind Were Not Solidified During the Pleistocene Epoch""; ""PART VIII DOES MEMETICS PROVIDE A USEFUL WAY OF UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL EVOLUTION?""; ""Introduction""; ""References and Further Reading""; ""CHAPTER FIFTEEN Memetics Does Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution""; ""CHAPTER SIXTEEN Memetics Does Not Provide a Useful Way of Understanding Cultural Evolution"" ""PART IX CAN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES ACT AS A GROUND FOR ETHICS?"" |
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Human evolution [[electronic resource] ] : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala |
Autore | Cela Conde Camilo José |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 437 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José) |
Collana | Oxford biology |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Paleoanthropology Human evolution |
ISBN |
9786611160272
1-281-16027-X 0-19-152443-3 1-4356-0973-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778256003321 |
Cela Conde Camilo José
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Human evolution [[electronic resource] ] : trails from the past / / Camilo J. Cela-Conde and Francisco J. Ayala |
Autore | Cela Conde Camilo José |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | vii, 437 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 569.9 |
Altri autori (Persone) | AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José) |
Collana | Oxford biology |
Soggetto topico |
Fossil hominids
Paleoanthropology Human evolution |
ISBN |
9786611160272
1-281-16027-X 0-19-152443-3 1-4356-0973-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface : Homo sapiens, the rational animal -- Evolution, genetics, and systematics -- The evolution of hominoids -- The hominin lineage -- Miocene and Pliocene genera and species -- Pliocene hominins : South Africa and the Rift Valley -- The Pliocene cladogenesis : paranthropus versus homo -- The radiation of homo -- Evolutionary characteristics of the erectus grade -- The late-Pleistocene transition -- The uniqueness of being human. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816320303321 |
Cela Conde Camilo José
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In the Light of Evolution IV [[electronic resource] ] : The Human Condition |
Autore | Avise John C |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : National Academies Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)
SciencesNational Academy of |
Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) -- Congresses |
ISBN |
0-309-18528-9
1-282-94856-3 9786612948565 0-309-15658-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Arthur M. Sackler, M.D.1913-1987""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the *In the Light of Evolution* Series""; ""Preface to *In the Light of Evolution, Volume IV: The Human Condition*""; ""PART I: HUMAN PHYLOGENETIC HISTORY AND THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RECORD""; ""1 Reconstructing Human Evolution: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities--Bernard Wood ""; ""2 Terrestrial Apes and Phylogenetic Trees--Juan Luis Arsuaga ""; ""3 Phylogenomic Evidence of Adaptive Evolution in the Ancestry of Humans-Morris Goodman and Kirstin N. Sterner ""
""4 Human Adaptations to Diet, Subsistence, and Ecoregion Are Due to Subtle Shifts in Allele Frequency--Angela M. Hancock, David B. Witonsky, Edvard Ehler, Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu, Cynthia Beall, Amha Gebremedhin, Rem Sukernik, Gerd Utermann, Jonathan Pritchard, Graham Coop, and Anna Di Rienzo """"5 Working Toward a Synthesis of Archaeological, Linguistic, and Genetic Data for Inferring African Population History--Laura B. Scheinfeldt, Sameer Soi, and Sarah A. Tishkoff ""; ""PART II: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN GENOME"" ""6 Uniquely Human Evolution of Sialic Acid Genetics and Biology--Ajit Varki """"7 Bioenergetics, the Origins of Complexity, and the Ascent of Man-Douglas C. Wallace ""; ""8 Genome-wide Patterns of Population Structure and Admixture Among Hispanic/Latino Populations--Katarzyna Bryc, Christopher Velez, Tatiana Karafet, Andres Moreno-Estrada, Andy Reynolds, Adam Auton, Michael Hammer, Carlos D. Bustamante, and Harry Ostrer""; ""9 Human Skin Pigmentation as an Adaptation to UV Radiation--Nina G. Jablonski and George Chaplin "" ""10 Footprints of Nonsentient Design Inside the Human Genome--John C. Avise """"PART III: CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND THE UNIQUENESS OF BEING HUMAN""; ""11 How Grandmother Effects Plus Individual Variation in Frailty Shape Fertility and Mortality: Guidance from Human-Chimpanzee Comparisons--Kristen Hawkes ""; ""12 Gene Culture Coevolution in the Age of Genomics--Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd, and Joseph Henrich ""; ""13 The Cognitive Niche: Coevolution of Intelligence, Sociality, and Language--Steven Pinker "" ""14 A Role for Relaxed Selection in the Evolution of the Language Capacity--Terrence W. Deacon """"15 Adaptive Specializations, Social Exchange, and the Evolution of Human Intelligence--Leda Cosmides, H. Clark Barrett, and John Tooby ""; ""16 The Difference of Being Human: Morality--Francisco J. Ayala ""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
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Avise John C
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In the Light of Evolution IV [[electronic resource] ] : The Human Condition |
Autore | Avise John C |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, : National Academies Press, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (429 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AyalaFrancisco J <1934-2023.> (Francisco José)
SciencesNational Academy of |
Soggetto topico | Evolution (Biology) -- Congresses |
ISBN |
0-309-18528-9
1-282-94856-3 9786612948565 0-309-15658-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Front Matter""; ""Arthur M. Sackler, M.D.1913-1987""; ""Contents""; ""Preface to the *In the Light of Evolution* Series""; ""Preface to *In the Light of Evolution, Volume IV: The Human Condition*""; ""PART I: HUMAN PHYLOGENETIC HISTORY AND THE PALEONTOLOGICAL RECORD""; ""1 Reconstructing Human Evolution: Achievements, Challenges, and Opportunities--Bernard Wood ""; ""2 Terrestrial Apes and Phylogenetic Trees--Juan Luis Arsuaga ""; ""3 Phylogenomic Evidence of Adaptive Evolution in the Ancestry of Humans-Morris Goodman and Kirstin N. Sterner ""
""4 Human Adaptations to Diet, Subsistence, and Ecoregion Are Due to Subtle Shifts in Allele Frequency--Angela M. Hancock, David B. Witonsky, Edvard Ehler, Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu, Cynthia Beall, Amha Gebremedhin, Rem Sukernik, Gerd Utermann, Jonathan Pritchard, Graham Coop, and Anna Di Rienzo """"5 Working Toward a Synthesis of Archaeological, Linguistic, and Genetic Data for Inferring African Population History--Laura B. Scheinfeldt, Sameer Soi, and Sarah A. Tishkoff ""; ""PART II: STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN GENOME"" ""6 Uniquely Human Evolution of Sialic Acid Genetics and Biology--Ajit Varki """"7 Bioenergetics, the Origins of Complexity, and the Ascent of Man-Douglas C. Wallace ""; ""8 Genome-wide Patterns of Population Structure and Admixture Among Hispanic/Latino Populations--Katarzyna Bryc, Christopher Velez, Tatiana Karafet, Andres Moreno-Estrada, Andy Reynolds, Adam Auton, Michael Hammer, Carlos D. Bustamante, and Harry Ostrer""; ""9 Human Skin Pigmentation as an Adaptation to UV Radiation--Nina G. Jablonski and George Chaplin "" ""10 Footprints of Nonsentient Design Inside the Human Genome--John C. Avise """"PART III: CULTURAL EVOLUTION AND THE UNIQUENESS OF BEING HUMAN""; ""11 How Grandmother Effects Plus Individual Variation in Frailty Shape Fertility and Mortality: Guidance from Human-Chimpanzee Comparisons--Kristen Hawkes ""; ""12 Gene Culture Coevolution in the Age of Genomics--Peter J. Richerson, Robert Boyd, and Joseph Henrich ""; ""13 The Cognitive Niche: Coevolution of Intelligence, Sociality, and Language--Steven Pinker "" ""14 A Role for Relaxed Selection in the Evolution of the Language Capacity--Terrence W. Deacon """"15 Adaptive Specializations, Social Exchange, and the Evolution of Human Intelligence--Leda Cosmides, H. Clark Barrett, and John Tooby ""; ""16 The Difference of Being Human: Morality--Francisco J. Ayala ""; ""References""; ""Index"" |
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