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Biodiversity [[electronic resource] ] : Maintenance, Function, Origin, and Self-Organisation into Life-Support Systems / / by Edmundas Lekevičius
| Biodiversity [[electronic resource] ] : 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 | 333.740684 |
| 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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Discover life
| Discover life |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Dordrecht] : , : Springer Nature B.V., , [2024]- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Soggetto topico |
Biological Evolution
Molecular Biology Origin of Life |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodical |
| ISSN | 2948-2976 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910842201103321 |
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Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Thomas E. Dickins, Benjamin J.A. Dickins
| Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory [[electronic resource] /] / 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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First Signals : The Evolution of Multicellular Development / / John Tyler Bonner
| First Signals : The Evolution of Multicellular Development / / John Tyler Bonner |
| Autore | Bonner John Tyler |
| Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Disciplina | 572.838 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cell interaction
Cells -- Evolution Developmental biology Developmental cytology Signal Transduction Biological Evolution Cell Differentiation Origin of Life Biophysics Biology Health & Biological Sciences |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-45846-9
9786612458460 1-4008-3058-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Embryology to Developmental Biology -- 3. The Origin of Multicellularity -- 4. Size and Evolution -- 5. The Evolution of Signaling -- 6. The Basic Elements of Multicellular Development -- 7. Development in the Cellular Slime Molds -- 8. Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Bonner John Tyler
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First Signals : The Evolution of Multicellular Development / / John Tyler Bonner
| First Signals : The Evolution of Multicellular Development / / John Tyler Bonner |
| Autore | Bonner John Tyler |
| Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Disciplina | 572.838 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cell interaction
Cells -- Evolution Developmental biology Developmental cytology Signal Transduction Biological Evolution Cell Differentiation Origin of Life Biophysics Biology Health & Biological Sciences |
| ISBN |
1-282-45846-9
9786612458460 1-4008-3058-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Embryology to Developmental Biology -- 3. The Origin of Multicellularity -- 4. Size and Evolution -- 5. The Evolution of Signaling -- 6. The Basic Elements of Multicellular Development -- 7. Development in the Cellular Slime Molds -- 8. Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780907303321 |
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Bonner John Tyler
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2009] | ||
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First Signals : The Evolution of Multicellular Development / / John Tyler Bonner
| First Signals : The Evolution of Multicellular Development / / John Tyler Bonner |
| Autore | Bonner John Tyler |
| Edizione | [Core Textbook] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (159 p.) |
| Disciplina | 572.838 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cell interaction
Cells -- Evolution Developmental biology Developmental cytology Signal Transduction Biological Evolution Cell Differentiation Origin of Life Biophysics Biology Health & Biological Sciences |
| ISBN |
1-282-45846-9
9786612458460 1-4008-3058-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From Embryology to Developmental Biology -- 3. The Origin of Multicellularity -- 4. Size and Evolution -- 5. The Evolution of Signaling -- 6. The Basic Elements of Multicellular Development -- 7. Development in the Cellular Slime Molds -- 8. Conclusion -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811169903321 |
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Bonner John Tyler
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2009] | ||
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Intelligible Design [[electronic resource] ] : A Realistic Approach to the Philosophy and History of Science
| Intelligible Design [[electronic resource] ] : A Realistic Approach to the Philosophy and History of Science |
| Autore | Gonzalo Julio A |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore, : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
| Disciplina |
501
509 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | CarreiraManuel M |
| Soggetto topico |
Cosmology
Human evolution Life -- Origin Science -- History Science -- Philosophy Science - Philosophy Science - History Cosmology - Origin Life Religion and science Science - history Biological Evolution Origin of Life Philosophy Religion and Science Physical Sciences & Mathematics Sciences - General |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 981-4447-61-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors/Editors; Foreword; Part I. Modern Science in Historical Perspective; 1. On the Origins of Modern Science Julio A. Gonzalo; How did Christian belief provide a "cultural matrix" for the growth of science?; References; 2. The Post-Renaissance Revolution: The New Science Manuel M. Carreira; Mythological and religious models; Scientific-formal-geometrical models; Models based on scientific causality; (a) Mechanical model; (b) A dual model: physical and geometric (Relativity) and quantum mechanical; The subject and limits of science; TIMELINE: SEVEN CENTURIES
Mathematical symbolsReferences; 3. Frank Sherwood Taylor: The Man Who was Converted by Galileo John Beaumont; The Background; The Early Religious View; Galileo Comes on the Scene; Another Argument; Frank Sherwood Taylor 's Positive Apologetics; Defending the Catholic Faith; Conclusion; References; 4. The Limits of Science Manuel Alfonseca; The limits of mathematics; The limits of physics; The limits of biology; The limits of technology; References; 5. On the Intelligibility of Quantum Mechanics Julio A. Gonzalo; Before quantum mechanics; Blackbody radiation and Planck 's constant Waves and particlesHeisenberg 's uncertainty principle; Concluding remarks; References; 6. Uncertainty, Incompleteness, Chance, and Design Fernando Sols; Introduction; Practical indeterminacy in classical physics: Newton and Poincaré; Intrinsic indeterminacy in quantum physics: Heisenberg; Uncertainty vs. Indeterminacy; What or who determines the future?; Gödel's theorems; Randomness; Popper's falsifiability criterion; Chance in the interpretation of evolution biology; Design and chance lie outside the scope of the scientific method; References 7. A Finite, Open and Contingent Universe Julio A. GonzaloLetter to Physics Today; Concluding remark; References; Part II. On the Origin and Development of Life; 8. A Brief History of Evolutionary Thought Thomas B. Fowler and Daniel Kuebler; I. Ancient speculation (to 1650); Ancient Greeks; Early Evolutionary Speculation; II. The Emergence of Modern Science (1650-1800); Early Fossil Discoverers: Extinct Species and the Implied Change in Nature; Species Change; Functionalism vs. Formalism; Lamarckian Inheritable Change; Paley and Design; III. Laying the Foundations (1804 -1859) Lyell , Malthus and BlytheIV. Darwin 's triumphal entry and early battles over evolution (1859-1910); Darwin 's Critics; Darwin and Heredity; Continuity Or Discontinuity?; V. Genetics and The "New Synthesis" Period: 1910-1960; Population Genetics; The "New Synthesis"; Dissidents; VI. Modern Battles Over Evolution: 1960-present; References; 9. Life's Intelligible Design Manuel Alfonseca; The scientific theory of evolution; Research on Artificial Life; How can God act in the world?; What is life?; What is man?; References 10. What are the Contributions of Genetics to the Understanding of Life? Nicolas Jouve |
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Gonzalo Julio A
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| Singapore, : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013 | ||
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Molecular Storms [[electronic resource] ] : The Physics of Stars, Cells and the Origin of Life / / by Liam Graham
| Molecular Storms [[electronic resource] ] : The Physics of Stars, Cells and the Origin of Life / / by Liam Graham |
| Autore | Graham Liam |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 pages) |
| Disciplina | 530.12 |
| Soggetto topico |
Stochastic processes
Quantum physics System theory Life - Origin Neurosciences Stochastic Processes Quantum Physics Complex Systems Origin of Life Neuroscience |
| ISBN | 3-031-38681-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- Random Patterns -- The Molecular Storm -- The Joy of Thermodynamics -- The Engines of Creation -- From Big Bang to Big Freeze -- How Chemistry Works -- Lively Molecules. |
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Graham Liam
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Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere
| Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1968- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Soggetto topico |
Life - Origin
Evolution Molecular biology Biosphere Life - Origin - Periodicals Evolution - Periodicals Molecular biology - Periodicals Biosphere - Periodicals Evolution (Biology) Biological Evolution Organelle Biogenesis Origin of Life Vie - Origines - Périodiques Évolution - Périodiques Biologie moléculaire - Périodiques Biosphère - Périodiques Vie - Origines Évolution Biologie moléculaire Biosphère Évolution (Biologie) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1573-0875 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Origins of life and evolution of biospheres |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996208780603316 |
| Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1968- | ||
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Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere
| Origins of life and evolution of the biosphere |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1968- |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Soggetto topico |
Life - Origin
Evolution Molecular biology Biosphere Life - Origin - Periodicals Evolution - Periodicals Molecular biology - Periodicals Biosphere - Periodicals Evolution (Biology) Biological Evolution Organelle Biogenesis Origin of Life Vie - Origines - Périodiques Évolution - Périodiques Biologie moléculaire - Périodiques Biosphère - Périodiques Vie - Origines Évolution Biologie moléculaire Biosphère Évolution (Biologie) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1573-0875 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Origins of life and evolution of biospheres |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146358203321 |
| Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1968- | ||
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