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.
Darwinian Dynamics. Evolutionary Transitions In Fitness And Individuality
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- Nombre de pages262
- PrésentationBroché
- Poids0.4 kg
- Dimensions15,5 cm × 23,3 cm × 1,8 cm
- ISBN0-691-05011-2
- EAN9780691050119
- Date de parution01/01/2000
- ÉditeurPrinceton University Press
Résumé
The concept of fitness has long been a topic of intense debate among evolutionary biologists and their critics, with its definition and explanatory power coming under attack. In this book, Richard Michod offers a fresh, dynamical interpretation of evolution and fitness concepts. He argues that evolution has no enduring products; what matters is the process of genetic change. Whereas many biologists have focused on competition and aggression as determining factors in survival, Michod, by concentrating on the emergence of individuality at new and more complex levels, finds that cooperation plays an even greater role.