Darwinian Dynamics

Evolutionary Transitions in Fitness and Individuality

Richard E. Michod (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

280 Seiten

1998
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-02699-2 (ISBN)

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Offering an alternative interpretation of evolution and fitness concepts, this book contends that evolution has no enduring products. Instead, it argues that what matters is the process of genetic change. The author considers the principles behind the hierarchically tested levels of organization that constitute life: genes, chromosomes, genomes, cells, multicellular organisms, and societies. The text goes on to explain how cooperation and conflict in a multilevel setting leads to new levels of fitness. He constructs a model of fitness drawing on recent developments in ecology and multi-level selection theory and on new explanations of the origin of life.

Richard E. Michod is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. He is the author of Eros and Evolution: A Natural Philosophy of Sex. Among the volumes he has coedited are Evolution of Sex: An Examination of Current Ideas and The Origin of Values.

Zusatzinfo	25 tables 24 line illus.
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	197 x 254 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10	0-691-02699-8 / 0691026998
ISBN-13	978-0-691-02699-2 / 9780691026992
Zustand	Neuware