Info
- Utilizzare la checkbox di selezione a fianco di ciascun documento per attivare le funzionalità di stampa, invio email, download nei formati disponibili del (i) record.
Convergent evolution [[electronic resource] ] : limited forms most beautiful / / George R. McGhee Jr
| Convergent evolution [[electronic resource] ] : limited forms most beautiful / / George R. McGhee Jr |
| Autore | McGhee George R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 322 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Collana | The Vienna series in theoretical biology |
| Soggetto topico | Convergence (Biology) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-30289-6
9786613302892 0-262-29887-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What is convergent evolution? -- Convergent animals -- Convergent plants --Convergent ecosystems -- Convergent molecules -- Convergent minds -- Functional and developmental constraint in convergent evolution -- Philosophical implications of convergent evolution -- Appendix: A phylogenetic classification of life. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457264303321 |
McGhee George R
|
||
| Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Convergent evolution : limited forms most beautiful / / George R. McGhee Jr
| Convergent evolution : limited forms most beautiful / / George R. McGhee Jr |
| Autore | McGhee George R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 322 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Collana | Vienna series in theoretical biology |
| Soggetto topico | Convergence (Biology) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General |
| ISBN |
1-283-30289-6
9786613302892 0-262-29887-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What is convergent evolution? -- Convergent animals -- Convergent plants --Convergent ecosystems -- Convergent molecules -- Convergent minds -- Functional and developmental constraint in convergent evolution -- Philosophical implications of convergent evolution -- Appendix: A phylogenetic classification of life. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781982503321 |
|
McGhee George R
|
||
| Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Convergent evolution : limited forms most beautiful / / George R. McGhee Jr
| Convergent evolution : limited forms most beautiful / / George R. McGhee Jr |
| Autore | McGhee George R |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 322 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Collana | Vienna series in theoretical biology |
| Soggetto topico | Convergence (Biology) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/Evolution
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES/General |
| ISBN |
1-283-30289-6
9786613302892 0-262-29887-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | What is convergent evolution? -- Convergent animals -- Convergent plants --Convergent ecosystems -- Convergent molecules -- Convergent minds -- Functional and developmental constraint in convergent evolution -- Philosophical implications of convergent evolution -- Appendix: A phylogenetic classification of life. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820085803321 |
|
McGhee George R
|
||
| Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Convergent evolution : animal form and function / / Vincent L. Bels and Anthony P. Russell, editors
| Convergent evolution : animal form and function / / Vincent L. Bels and Anthony P. Russell, editors |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (594 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Collana | Fascinating Life Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Convergence (Biology)
Evolution (Biology) |
| ISBN | 3-031-11441-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The Concept of Convergent Evolution and Its Relationship to the Understanding of Form and Function -- Odonatopteran Approaches to the Challenges of Flight: Convergence of Responses Subject to a Common Set of Morphological Constraints -- Digging Up Convergence in Fossorial Rodents: Insights into Burrowing Activity and Morpho-Functional Specializations of the Masticatory Apparatus -- Testing for Convergent Evolution in Baleen Whale Cochleae -- The Sacro-Iliac Joint of the Felidae and Canidae and Their Large Ungulate Prey: An Example of Divergence and Convergence -- Aquatic Feeding in Lissamphibia -- Convergence of Aquatic Feeding Modes in the Sauropsida (Crocodiles, Birds, Lizards, Snakes And, Turtles) -- Convergent Evolution of Secondarily Aquatic Feeding in Mammals -- Solutions to a Sticky Problem: Convergence of the Adhesive Systems of Geckos and Anoles (Reptilia: Squamata) -- Convergent Evolution of Animal Adhesive Pads -- Convergence of Arboreal Locomotor Specialization: Morphological and Behavioral Solutions for Movement on Narrow and Compliant Supports -- Convergent Evolution of Manual and Pedal Grasping Capabilities in Tetrapods -- Convergence in Gliding Animals: Morphology, Behavior, and Mechanics -- Convergence of Bipedal Locomotion: Why Walk or Run on Only Two Legs -- Aquatic Locomotion: Environmental Constraints That Drive Convergent Evolution -- Convergent Evolution of Attachment Mechanisms in Aquatic Animals -- Convergent Evolution: Theory and Practice for Bioinspiration -- Conclusion and Perspectives: What Convergent Evolution of Animal Forms and Functions Says About the Predictability of Evolution. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910678244203321 |
| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Cooperation and conflict [[electronic resource] /] / Joan E. Strassmann ... [et al.], editors ; National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies
| Cooperation and conflict [[electronic resource] /] / Joan E. Strassmann ... [et al.], editors ; National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StrassmanJoan E |
| Collana | In the light of evolution |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Cooperation Competition |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-12323-0
9786613527097 0-309-21837-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The fundamentals of evolutionary cooperation -- pt. 2. Cooperation writ small : microbes -- pt. 3. Real selfish (and cooperative) genes -- pt. 4. Sociality and medicine -- pt. 5. Are humans different? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461956003321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Cooperation and conflict [[electronic resource] /] / Joan E. Strassmann ... [et al.], editors ; National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies
| Cooperation and conflict [[electronic resource] /] / Joan E. Strassmann ... [et al.], editors ; National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StrassmanJoan E |
| Collana | In the light of evolution |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Cooperation Competition |
| ISBN |
1-280-12323-0
9786613527097 0-309-21837-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The fundamentals of evolutionary cooperation -- pt. 2. Cooperation writ small : microbes -- pt. 3. Real selfish (and cooperative) genes -- pt. 4. Sociality and medicine -- pt. 5. Are humans different? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789917003321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Cooperation and conflict [[electronic resource] /] / Joan E. Strassmann ... [et al.], editors ; National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies
| Cooperation and conflict [[electronic resource] /] / Joan E. Strassmann ... [et al.], editors ; National Academy of Sciences, The National Academies |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (467 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | StrassmanJoan E |
| Collana | In the light of evolution |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Cooperation Competition |
| ISBN |
1-280-12323-0
9786613527097 0-309-21837-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The fundamentals of evolutionary cooperation -- pt. 2. Cooperation writ small : microbes -- pt. 3. Real selfish (and cooperative) genes -- pt. 4. Sociality and medicine -- pt. 5. Are humans different? |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813232203321 |
| Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Cooperation and its evolution [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Kim Sterelny ... [et al.]
| Cooperation and its evolution [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Kim Sterelny ... [et al.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : MIT Press, c2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (587 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SterelnyKim |
| Collana | Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Evolutionary psychology Cooperation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-299-22073-8
0-262-31303-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Introduction; I Agents and Environments; 1 The Evolution of Individualistic Norms; 2 Timescales, Symmetry, and Uncertainty Reduction in the Origins of Hierarchy in Biological Systems; 3 On Depending on Fish for a Living, and Other Difficulties of Living Sustainably; 4 Life in Interesting Times: Cooperation and Collective Action in the Holocene; 5 The Birth of Hierarchy; 6 Territoriality and Loss Aversion: The Evolutionary Roots of Property Rights; 7 Cooperation and Biological Markets: The Power of Partner Choice
8 False Advertising in Biological Markets: Partner Choice and the Problem of Reliability9 MHC-Mediated Benefits of Trade: A Biomolecular Approach to Cooperation in the Marketplace; 10 What We Don ' t Know about the Evolution of Cooperation in Animals; 11 Task Partitioning: Is It a Useful Concept?; 12 Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Toward a Richer Conceptual Framework; II Agents and Mechanisms; 13 Why the Proximate-Ultimate Distinction Is Misleading; 14 Emergence of a Signaling Network with Probe and Adjust 15 Bacterial Social Life: Information Processing Characteristics and Cooperation Coevolve16 Two Modes of Transgenerational Information Transmission; 17 What Can Imitation Do for Cooperation?; 18 The Role of Learning in Punishment, Prosociality, and Human Uniqueness; 19 Our Pigheaded Core: How We Became Smarter to Be Influenced by Other People; 20 Altruistic Behaviors from a Developmental and Comparative Perspective; 21 Culture-Gene Coevolution, Large-Scale Cooperation, and the Shaping of Human Social Psychology; 22 Suicide Bombers, Weddings, and Prison Tattoos 23 Communicative Functions of Shame and Guilt24 Moral Disgust and the Tribal Instincts Hypothesis; 25 Evolution, Motivation, and Moral Beliefs; 26 The Many Moral Nativisms; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465483603321 |
| Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, : MIT Press, c2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Cooperation and its evolution / / edited by Kim Sterelny [and others]
| Cooperation and its evolution / / edited by Kim Sterelny [and others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, Eng., : MIT Press, ©2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (587 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SterelnyKim |
| Collana | Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Cooperation Evolutionary psychology Cooperativeness |
| Soggetto non controllato |
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology |
| ISBN |
0-262-31304-9
1-299-22073-8 0-262-31303-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Introduction; I Agents and Environments; 1 The Evolution of Individualistic Norms; 2 Timescales, Symmetry, and Uncertainty Reduction in the Origins of Hierarchy in Biological Systems; 3 On Depending on Fish for a Living, and Other Difficulties of Living Sustainably; 4 Life in Interesting Times: Cooperation and Collective Action in the Holocene; 5 The Birth of Hierarchy; 6 Territoriality and Loss Aversion: The Evolutionary Roots of Property Rights; 7 Cooperation and Biological Markets: The Power of Partner Choice
8 False Advertising in Biological Markets: Partner Choice and the Problem of Reliability9 MHC-Mediated Benefits of Trade: A Biomolecular Approach to Cooperation in the Marketplace; 10 What We Don ' t Know about the Evolution of Cooperation in Animals; 11 Task Partitioning: Is It a Useful Concept?; 12 Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Toward a Richer Conceptual Framework; II Agents and Mechanisms; 13 Why the Proximate-Ultimate Distinction Is Misleading; 14 Emergence of a Signaling Network with Probe and Adjust 15 Bacterial Social Life: Information Processing Characteristics and Cooperation Coevolve16 Two Modes of Transgenerational Information Transmission; 17 What Can Imitation Do for Cooperation?; 18 The Role of Learning in Punishment, Prosociality, and Human Uniqueness; 19 Our Pigheaded Core: How We Became Smarter to Be Influenced by Other People; 20 Altruistic Behaviors from a Developmental and Comparative Perspective; 21 Culture-Gene Coevolution, Large-Scale Cooperation, and the Shaping of Human Social Psychology; 22 Suicide Bombers, Weddings, and Prison Tattoos 23 Communicative Functions of Shame and Guilt24 Moral Disgust and the Tribal Instincts Hypothesis; 25 Evolution, Motivation, and Moral Beliefs; 26 The Many Moral Nativisms; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792079003321 |
| Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, Eng., : MIT Press, ©2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Cooperation and its evolution / / edited by Kim Sterelny [and others]
| Cooperation and its evolution / / edited by Kim Sterelny [and others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, Eng., : MIT Press, ©2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (587 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | SterelnyKim |
| Collana | Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychology |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Cooperation Evolutionary psychology Cooperativeness |
| Soggetto non controllato |
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology |
| ISBN |
0-262-31304-9
1-299-22073-8 0-262-31303-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Introduction; I Agents and Environments; 1 The Evolution of Individualistic Norms; 2 Timescales, Symmetry, and Uncertainty Reduction in the Origins of Hierarchy in Biological Systems; 3 On Depending on Fish for a Living, and Other Difficulties of Living Sustainably; 4 Life in Interesting Times: Cooperation and Collective Action in the Holocene; 5 The Birth of Hierarchy; 6 Territoriality and Loss Aversion: The Evolutionary Roots of Property Rights; 7 Cooperation and Biological Markets: The Power of Partner Choice
8 False Advertising in Biological Markets: Partner Choice and the Problem of Reliability9 MHC-Mediated Benefits of Trade: A Biomolecular Approach to Cooperation in the Marketplace; 10 What We Don ' t Know about the Evolution of Cooperation in Animals; 11 Task Partitioning: Is It a Useful Concept?; 12 Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Toward a Richer Conceptual Framework; II Agents and Mechanisms; 13 Why the Proximate-Ultimate Distinction Is Misleading; 14 Emergence of a Signaling Network with Probe and Adjust 15 Bacterial Social Life: Information Processing Characteristics and Cooperation Coevolve16 Two Modes of Transgenerational Information Transmission; 17 What Can Imitation Do for Cooperation?; 18 The Role of Learning in Punishment, Prosociality, and Human Uniqueness; 19 Our Pigheaded Core: How We Became Smarter to Be Influenced by Other People; 20 Altruistic Behaviors from a Developmental and Comparative Perspective; 21 Culture-Gene Coevolution, Large-Scale Cooperation, and the Shaping of Human Social Psychology; 22 Suicide Bombers, Weddings, and Prison Tattoos 23 Communicative Functions of Shame and Guilt24 Moral Disgust and the Tribal Instincts Hypothesis; 25 Evolution, Motivation, and Moral Beliefs; 26 The Many Moral Nativisms; Contributors; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807494603321 |
| Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, Eng., : MIT Press, ©2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
