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Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution) - Softcover

Williams, George C.

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9780195069334: Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
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ISBN 10: 0195069331 ISBN 13: 9780195069334
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1992

Synopsis

In this work, George C. Williams--one of evolutionary biology's most distinguished scholars--examines the mechanisms and meaning of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his own perspective on 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 topics. In dealing with the levels-of-selection controversy, he urges a pervasive form of the replicator-vehicle distinction. Natural selection, he argues, takes place in the separate domains of information and matter. Levels-of-selection questions, consequently, require different theoretical devices depending on the domains being discussed. In addressing these topics, Williams presents a synthesis of his three decades of research and creative thought which have contributed greatly to evolutionary biology in this century.

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About the Author

George C. Williams, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195069331
ISBN 13 
9780195069334
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
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  • 4.17 out of 5 stars
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