Biology's First Law : The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems /

Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation: adaptation-the marvelous fit between organism and environment; diversity-the great variety of organisms; and complexity-the enormous intricacy of their internal structure. Natural selection explains adaptation. But w...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: McShea, Daniel W. (Autor), Brandon, Robert N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
Biocomplexity.
Biodiversity.
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology).
Science.
SCIENCE / General.
biodiversity, biology, ecosystems, evolution, complexity, adaptation, organism, environment, diversity, variety, natural selection, zfel, zero-force evolutionary law, constraint, hierarchy, randomness, nonfiction, science, nature, philosophy, modularity, drift, measures, population, species, habitat, distinctness, macroevolution, heredity.
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