Evolution and the levels of selection

Evolution and the levels of selection / Samir Okasha.

Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in evolutionary biology over the levels of selection, focusing on conceptual, philosophical and foundational questions.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okasha, Samir
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Natural selection > Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy
Natural selection > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Natural selection in the abstract
  • Selection at multiple levels : concepts and methods
  • Causality and multi-level selection
  • Philosophical issues in the levels-of-selection debate
  • The gene's-eye view and its discontents
  • The group selection controversy
  • Species selection, clade selection, and macroevolution
  • Levels of selection and the major evolutionary transitions.

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