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The essential tension : competition, cooperation and multilevel selection in evolution /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bahar, Sonya
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer, 2017.
Colección:Frontiers collection.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The history of an idea. 1. Crowds ; 2. Classification ; 3. Time, just time : integrating up the great chain of being ; 4. The battle of the parts ; 5. Synthesis? ; 6. Selfish creatures, huddled together for warmth ; 7. The vanishing point appears
  • Part II. At the frontier. 8. Flocking, swarming, and communicating ; 9. Biofilms ; 10. Multicellularity : Dictyostelium ; 11. Multicellularity : Volvox ; 12. Experimental evolution
  • Part III. Beyond the barricade. 13. Cooperation and competition : one level sitting on another ; 14. Evol = f(evol) ; 15. Spandrels, exaptations, and raw material ; 16. The essential tension.