Evolution and the Levels of Selection

Name: Evolution and the Levels of Selection
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ISBN: 9780199556717

ISBN-10: 0199556717

ISBN-13: 9780199556717

Edition: 2008

Authors: Samir Okasha

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Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? Samir Okasha provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in evolutionary biology over the levels of selection, focusing on conceptual, philosophical and foundational questions. A systematic framework is developed for thinking about natural selection acting at multiple levels of the biological hierarchy; the framework is then used to help resolve outstanding issues. Considerable attention is paid to the concept of causality as it relates to the levels of selection, in particular the idea that natural selection at one hierarchical level can have effects that 'filter' up or down to other…

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List price: $67.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/15/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.46" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Introduction



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


Bibliography


Index