Natural selection : domains, levels, and challenges

著者

• Williams, George Christopher

書誌事項

Natural selection : domains, levels, and challenges

George C. Williams

（Oxford series in ecology and evolution, 4）

Oxford University Press, 1992

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780195069327

内容説明

This volume in the "Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution" examines the mechanism and action of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his own synthesis of modern evolutionary theory - including discussions of the gene as the unit of selection, clade selection and macroevolution, diversity within and among populations, statis, and other issues central to the study of evolution.

目次

• A philosophical position
• The gene as a unit of selection
• Clade selection and macroevolution
• Levels of selection among interactors
• Optimization and kindred concepts
• Historicity and constraint
• Diversity within and between clades
• Some recent controversies
• Stasis
• Other challenges and anomalies
• Bibliography
• Appendix.

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780195069334

内容説明

This important new volume in the Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution examines the mechanism and action of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his own synthesis of modern evolutionary theory - including discussions of the gene as the unit of selection, clade selection and macroevolution, diversity within and among populations, stasis, and other timely and provocative issues central to the study of evolution. Williams' preeminent position in the field ensures immediate and widespread interest in the book among evolutionary biologists, genericists, and their graduate students.

目次

• A philosophical position
• The gene as a unit of selection
• Clade selection and macroevolution
• Levels of selection among interactors
• Optimization and kindred concepts
• Historicity and constraint
• Diversity within and between clades
• Some recent controversies
• Statis
• Other challenges and anomalies
• Bibliography
• Appendix.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA19020200
• ISBN:
  • 0195069323
  • 0195069331
• LCCN: 91038938
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: New York ; Tokyo
• ページ数/冊数: x, 208 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : QH375
  • DC20 : 577.01/62
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Natural selection
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA1275130X