Evolution and the Levels of Selection by Okasha, Samir

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Evolution and the Levels of Selection by Okasha, SamirISBN: 9780199267972 Clarendon Press 01 January 2006 Hardback 263 pages 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

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and perpetrators will change only when society reforms

and a revised and expanded index

the Introduction pays special attention to its religious imagery

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with a focus on integrating analytical and computational tools in the modeling of biological processes

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with new colour photographs of some of the most important vectors

nonlinear dynamics and equilibrium statistical mechanics are introduced and applied to large time-selective decay

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with the concerns of the adult world often shown to be lamentably silly as seen through the eyes of the little prince