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Biodiversity : Maintenance, Function, Origin, and Self-Organisation into Life-Support Systems / / by Edmundas Lekevičius
| Biodiversity : Maintenance, Function, Origin, and Self-Organisation into Life-Support Systems / / by Edmundas Lekevičius |
| Autore | Leki͡avichi͡us Ė (Ėdmundas) |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Disciplina |
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| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Life - Origin Evolutionary genetics Species Evolutionary Theory Origin of Life Evolutionary Genetics Speciation Biodiversitat |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-031-11582-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I IN SEARCH FOR A FUNCTIONAL EXPLANATION -- 1 Introduction: contemporary biology struggles to explain the great diversity of genotypes and species -- 2 Methodological excursion: an apology for theoretical synthesis, simplicity, deductive method and conceptual modelling -- 3 Species do not just ‘struggle -- 4 Species diversity as trophic specialisation -- 5 Producer diversity as reflection of variation in the abiotic environment -- 6 Do consumers maintain diversity of their food sources -- 7 Species diversity ensures higher total biomass and helps to stabilise it -- 8 Conspecifics do not just ‘struggle’ either -- 9 Genotype diversity as even more delicate specialisation -- 10 Environmental fluctuations and the daily role of selection -- 11 Summing-up: Biodiversity and plasticity of life (General Adaptation Theory) -- 12 So, is nature a battlefield or a cooperative arena? -- Part II IN SEARCH FOR A SYNTHETIC EXPLANATION -- 13 Why an evolutionary biologist should start with ecological succession -- 14 Primary succession and self-organisation of biodiversity -- 15 Colonisation of the Hawaiian Islands, or how evolution complements succession -- 16 Self-assembly of ecosystems in the Paleozoic: Overview of the latest sources -- 17 Self-assembly of ecosystems in the Paleozoic: Interpretation and summary -- 18 The origin of life, and self-assembly of modern nutrient cycles -- 19 Appearance of modern ecological pyramids. Summing-up -- 20 Supercompetitors. Homo sapiens as a consumer of biodiversity -- 21 Has Darwin’s theory really become obsole -- AFTERWORD -- INDEX. |
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Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory / / edited by Thomas E. Dickins, Benjamin J.A. Dickins
| Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory / / edited by Thomas E. Dickins, Benjamin J.A. Dickins |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (606 pages) |
| Disciplina | 575 |
| Collana | Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Science - History Evolutionary genetics Evolutionary developmental biology Life - Origin Evolutionary Theory Evolutionary Biology History of Science Evolutionary Genetics Evolutionary Developmental Biology Origin of Life |
| ISBN | 3-031-22028-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part 1 -- Chapter 2: Every Evolutionist their Own Historian: The Importance of History, Context, and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis -- Chapter 3: Commentary on Smocovitis: Yes Indeed, Evolutionary Biologists Should Pay More Attention to History -- Chapter 4: History, Evolution and the “Rashomon Effect”:Reply to Svensson -- Part 2 -- Chapter 5: The creativity of natural selection and the creativity of organisms: Their roles in traditional evolutionary theory and some proposed extensions -- Chapter 6: Let there be light: A Commentary on Welch -- Chapter 7: Creative Destruction: A Reply to Haig -- Part 3 -- Chapter 8: The Organism in Evolutionary Explanation: From Early 20th Century to the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis -- Chapter 9: Causes and Consequences of Selection: A Commentary on Baedke & Fábregas-Tejeda -- Chapter 10: Organisms and the Causes and Consequences of Selection: A Reply to Vidya et al. -- Part 4 -- Chapter 11: The structure of evolutionary theory: Beyond Neo-Darwinism, Neo-Lamarckism and biased historical narratives about the Modern Synthesis -- Chapter 12: It’s the endless forms, stupid: Commentary on Svensson -- Chapter 13: Ecology, Agents, and the Causes of Selection: A Reply to Shuker -- Part 5 -- Chapter 14: Hypertextuality of an hyperextended synthesis: On the interpretation of theories by means of selective quotation -- Chapter 15: Teleology, Organisms, and Genes: Commentary on Haig -- Chapter 16: A token response: A Reply to Fábregas-Tejedaand Baedke -- Part 6 -- Chapter 17: The Darwinian Core of Evolutionary Theory and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis: Similarities and Differences -- Chapter 18: Evolution is Bigger than All of Us: Commentary on Vidya, Dey, Prasad, and Joshi -- Chapter 19: Why evolution is bigger than all of us: reply to Smocovitis -- Part 7 -- Chapter 20: Inclusive fitness: a scientific revolution -- Chapter 21: Phenotypes, Organisms, and Individuals: Commentary on Rodrigues and Gardner -- Chapter 22: On Monism and Pluralism: A Reply to Dickins, T.E. -- Part 8 -- Chapter 23: Evolution of Bacteriophage Latent Period Length -- Chapter 24: Optimality and Idealization in Models of Bacteriophage Evolution: Commentary on Abedon -- Chapter 25: On the use of r-K selection in studying the evolution of bacteriophages: A Reply to Dickins, B.J.A. -- Part 9 -- Chapter 26: Plasticity and information -- Chapter 27: Phenotypic Plasticity and Evolutionary Syntheses: Commentary on Dickins -- Chapter 28: On Rhetoric and Conceptual Frames: A Reply to Futuyma -- Part 10 -- Chapter 29: The curious incident of the wasp in the fig-fruit: sex allocation and the extended evolutionary synthesis -- Chapter 30: The Nuances of Biological Syntheses: Commentary on Shuker -- Chapter 31: On Ecological Truths and the Role of Philosophy: A Reply to Distin -- Part 11 -- Chapter 32: The Evolving Evolutionary Synthesis -- Chapter 33: Inclusive Fitness Theory as Scientific Revolution: Commentary on Fu-tuyma -- Chapter 34: Inclusive Fitness Theory Prefigured: A Reply to Rodrigues and Gardner -- Part 12 -- Chapter 35: Genes and organisms in the legacy of the modern synthesis -- Chapter 36: The Parallax View: Commentary on Ågren -- Chapter 37: Why We Disagree About Selfish Genes: A Reply to Welch -- Part 13 -- Chapter 38: Genetic Evolvability: Using a Restricted Pluralism to Tidy Up the Evolvability Concept -- Chapter 39: Pluralism and Progress in Evolutionary Biology: Commentary on Distin -- Chapter 40: Genetic Evolvability: A Reply to Ågren. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910682588203321 |
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Genes, Environments and Interactions [[electronic resource] ] : Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics Brought Up-to-date / / by José M Álvarez-Castro
| Genes, Environments and Interactions [[electronic resource] ] : Evolutionary and Quantitative Genetics Brought Up-to-date / / by José M Álvarez-Castro |
| Autore | Álvarez-Castro José M |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Disciplina | 572.838 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary genetics
Biomathematics Evolution (Biology) Ecological genetics Population genetics Evolutionary Genetics Mathematical and Computational Biology Evolutionary Biology Ecological Genetics Population Genetics Evolutionary Theory |
| ISBN | 3-031-41159-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Discovering The Genotype -- Chapter 2: The Primeval Theory Of Ge-Netic Effects -- Chapter 3: Genetic Effects Over One Century -- Chapter 4: Hgenetic Architectures At The Individual Level -- Chapter 5: Genetic Effects In Popula-Tions Under Linkage Equilibrium -- Chapter 6: A General Theory Of Genetic Effects -- Chapter 7: Variance Decomposition, Gene Mapping And Average Excesses—Orthogonality In The Spotlight -- Chapter 8: Applied Cases Of Advanced Genetic Modelling -- Chapter 9: The Comes And Goes Of The Black Box Perspective In Quantitative Genetics -- Chapter 10: Addendum: An Acid Test For Noia. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910805578603321 |
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Álvarez-Castro José M
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