| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 263 pages) |
| Contents |
Natural selection in the abstract -- Selection at multiple levels : concepts and methods -- Causality and multi-level selection -- Philosophical issues in the levels-of-selection debate -- The gene's-eye view and its discontents -- The group selection controversy -- Species selection, clade selection, and macroevolution -- Levels of selection and the major evolutionary transitions |
| Summary |
Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in evolutionary biology over the levels of selection, focusing on conceptual, philosophical and foundational questions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-255) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Natural selection -- Philosophy
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Evolution.
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Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy
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Natural selection -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Oxford University Press
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| ISBN |
0199267979 |
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9780199267972 |
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9780191533211 |
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0191533211 |
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9780191708275 |
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0191708275 |
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