Evolution and the levels of selection

New York: Oxford University Press (2006)
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Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? The question of levels of selection - on which biologists and philosophers have long disagreed - is central to evolutionary theory and to the philosophy of biology. Samir Okasha's comprehensive analysis gives a clear account of the philosophical issues at stake in the current debate.

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QH375.O33 2006

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0199267979   9780199267972   0199556717

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