| Description |
1 online resource (x, 208 pages) : illustrations |
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Oxford series in ecology and evolution ; 3 |
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Oxford series in ecology and evolution ; 3
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| Contents |
1 A Philosophical Position; 2 The Gene as a Unit of Selection; 3 Clade Selection and Macroevolution; 4 Levels of Selection Among Interactors; 5 Optimization and Related Concepts; 6 Historicity and Constraint; 7 Diversity Within and Among Populations; 8 Some Recent Issues; 9 Stasis; 10 Other Challenges and Anomalies; References; Appendix (excerpts for Galen and Paley); Index |
| Summary |
In this work, George C. Williams--one of evolutionary biology's most distinguished scholars--examines the mechanisms and meaning of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his own perspective on modern evolutionary theory, including discussions of the gene as the unit of selection, clade selection and macroevolution, diversity within and among populations, stasis, and other timely and provocative topics. In dealing with the levels-of-selection controversy, he urges a pervasive form of the replicator-vehicle distinction. Natural selection, he argues, takes place in the separate domains |
| Analysis |
Evolution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Natural selection.
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Variation (Biology)
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Selection, Genetic
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SCIENCE -- Environmental Science (see also Chemistry -- Environmental)
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NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
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NATURE -- Ecology.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
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Natural selection
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Variation (Biology)
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Selektionstheorie
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Natürliche Auslese
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Natuurlijke selectie.
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Evolutie.
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Adaptatie (fysiologie, biologie)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1423736966 |
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9781423736967 |
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1601298196 |
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9781601298195 |
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9780195069334 |
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0195069331 |
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9780195069327 |
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0195069323 |
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