Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology : an anthology

Author(s)

• Sober, Elliott

Bibliographic Information

Conceptual issues in evolutionary biology : an anthology

Elliott Sober, editor

MIT Press, c1984

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Note

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection of readings is designed for classroom use in the growing field of evolutionary biology. It assembles articles by outstanding philosophers and biologists who seek to clarify and connect some of the major concepts of evolutionary theory. Sections cover: Guiding Ideas in Evolutionary Biology; Fitness; Units of Selection; Adaptation; Function and Teleology; The Reduction of Mendelian Genetics to Molecular Biology; and The Nature of Species.A Bradford Book.

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Details

• NCID: BA00861286
• ISBN:
  • 0262192209
  • 0262690845
• LCCN: 83043025
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, Mass.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 725 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH366.2
  • DC19 : 575
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Evolution -- Addresses, essays, lectures