Adaptation and Natural Selection : A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought /

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Biological evolution is a fact-but the many conflicting theories of evolution remain controversial even today. When Adaptation and Natural Selection was first published in 1966, it struck a powerful blow against those who argued for the concept of group selection-the idea that evolution acts to sele...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Williams, George C. (George Christopher), 1926-2010 (Autor)
Otros Autores: Dawkins, Richard, 1941- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Edición:New Princeton Science Library edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Natural selection.
Adaptation (Biology)
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Adaptation (Biologie)
Adaptation, Biological
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface (1996)
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Natural selection, adaptation, and progress
  • Natural selection, ecology, and morphogenesis
  • Group selection
  • Adaptation of the genetic system
  • Reproductive physiology and behavior
  • Social adaptations
  • Other supposedly group-related adaptations
  • The scientific study of adaptation.

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