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Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence
| Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.801 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Chance |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Charles Darwin
chance contingency evolution genetic drift history of biology macroevolution mutation natural selection |
| ISBN | 0-226-40191-X |
| Classificazione | WH 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Chance in Evolution from Darwin to Contemporary Biology -- 1. Contingency, Chance, and Randomness in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Biology -- 2. Chance and Chances in Darwin's Early Theorizing and in Darwinian Theory Today -- 3. Chance in the Modern Synthesis -- 4. Is it Providential, by Chance? Christian Objections to the Role of Chance in Darwinian Evolution -- 5. Does Darwinian Evolution Mean We Are Here by Chance? -- 6. The Reference Class Problem in Evolutionary Biology: Distinguishing Selection from Drift -- 7. Weak Randomness at the Origin of Biological Variation: The Case of Genetic Mutations -- 8. Parallel Evolution: What Does It (Not) Tell Us and Why Is It (Still) Interesting? -- 9. Contingent Evolution: Not by Chance Alone -- 10. History's Windings in a Flask: Microbial Experiments into Evolutionary Contingency -- 11. Rolling the Dice Twice: Evolving Reconstructed Ancient Proteins in Extant Organisms -- 12. Wonderful Life Revisited: Chance and Contingency in the Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838253403321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evolutionary Theory : A Hierarchical Perspective / / Niles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli, Ilya Temkin
| Evolutionary Theory : A Hierarchical Perspective / / Niles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli, Ilya Temkin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution - Philosophy Hierarchies Biological systems Macroevolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biosphere
development ecology evolution hierarchy macroevolution multilevel evolution natural selection networks unification |
| ISBN | 0-226-42619-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- General Principles of Biological Hierarchical Systems -- Chapter 1. Pattern versus Process and Hierarchies: Revisiting Eternal Metaphors in Macroevolutionary Theory -- Chapter 2. Lineages and Systems: A Conceptual Discontinuity in Biological Hierarchies -- Chapter 3. Biological Organization from a Hierarchical Perspective: Articulation of Concepts and Interlevel Relation -- Chapter 4. Hierarchy: The Source of Teleology in Evolution -- Chapter 5. Three Approaches to the Teleological and Normative Aspects of Ecological Functions -- Information and Energy in Biological Hierarchical Systems -- Chapter 6. Why Genomics Needs Multilevel Evolutionary Theory -- Chapter 7. Revisiting the Phenotypic Hierarchy in Hierarchy Theory -- Chapter 8. Multilevel Selection in a Broader Hierarchical Perspective -- Chapter 9. Systems Emergence: The Origin of Individuals in Biological and Biocultural Evolution -- Ecology and Evolution: Neither Separate nor Merged -- Chapter 10. Unification of Macroevolutionary Theory: Biologic Hierarchies, Consonance, and the Possibility of Connecting the Dots -- Chapter 11. Coming to Terms with Tempo and Mode: Speciation, Anagenesis, and Assessing Relative Frequencies in Macroevolution -- Chapter 12. Niche Conservatism, Tracking, and Ecological Stasis: A Hierarchical Perspective -- Chapter 13. The Stability of Ecological Communities as an Agent of Evolutionary Selection: Evidence from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction -- Chapter 14. Hierarchy Theory in the Anthropocene: Biocultural Homogenization, Urban Ecosystems, and Other Emerging Dynamics -- Conclusion. Hierarchy Theory and the Extended Synthesis Debate -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838249303321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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