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Biological emergences : evolution by natural experiment /

A critique of selectionism and the proposal of an alternate theory of emergent evolution that is causally sufficient for evolutionary biology.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reid, Robert G. B., 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:Vienna series in theoretical biology.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword; Preface; Introduction The Re-invention of Natural Selection; 1 Paradigm Drift; 2 Prologue to Emergence; 3 Evolution by Association; 4 The Physiological Arena; 5 Development and Evolution; 6 Epigenetic Mechanisms; 7 Orthogenesis; 8 The Re-invention of Emergence; 9 From the Particular to the General; 10 An Emergence Theory; 11 A Biological Synthesis; Notes; Bibliography; Index.