Multilevel Selection and the Theory of Evolution Historical and Conceptual Issues /

This book puts multilevel selection theory into a much needed historical perspective. This is achieved by discussing multilevel selection in the first half of the twentieth century, the reasons for the energetic rejection of Wynne-Edwards' group selectionist stance in the 1960s, Elisabeth Lloyd...

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Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
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Philosophy and science.
Evolutionary biology.
ISBN:9783319786773
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Obsah:
  • 1. Introduction; Ciprian Jeler
  • Part I. Historical issues
  • 2. The Roots of Multilevel Selection Theory; Abraham H. Gibson, Christina L. Kwapich, and Martha Lang
  • 3. Tales of a failed scientific revolution; Mihail-Valentin Cernea
  • 4. Equivalence, Interactors, and Lloyd's Challenge to Genic Pluralism; Ryan Ketcham
  • Part II. Conceptual issues
  • 5. Price's hierarchical equation and the notion of group fitness; Ciprian Jeler
  • 6. A backward question about multilevel selection; Andreea Eşanu
  • Index.

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