Title Natural selection : domains, levels, and challenges / George C. Williams

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1992

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MELB	577.0162 Wil/Nsd		AVAILABLE

Description x, 208 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Series Oxford series in ecology and evolution Oxford series in ecology and evolution ; 3 Oxford series in ecology and evolution. Oxford series in ecology and evolution ; 3 Contents Machine derived contents note: 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 Kindred Concepts -- 6. Historicity and Constraint -- 7. Diversity within and between Clades -- 8. Some Recent Controversies -- 9. Stasis -- 10. Other Challenges and Anomalies Analysis Evolution Evolution Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [154]-189) and index Subject Natural selection. Natural selection. LC no. 91038938 ISBN 0195069323 (acid-free paper) 0195069331 (paperback: acid-free paper)

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