"Much of the history of the evolutionary debate since Darwin has focused on the level at which natural selection occurs. Most biologists acknowledge multiple levels of selectionf︣rom the gene, the trait, and the organism, to the family, the group, and the species. However, it is the debate abou...

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1. Verfasser:	Borrello, Mark E. (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Chicago University of Chicago Press 2012, © 2010
Ausgabe:	Paperback ed
Schlagworte:	Wynne-Edwards, Vero Copner > 1906-1997 Geschichte 1900-2000 Geschichte 1859-2000 Geschichte Wissenschaftstheorie Gruppenselektion Group selection (Evolution) / History / 20th century Wynne-Edwards, Vero Copner Group selection (Evolution) Evolution (biologi) 1900-1999 History
Zusammenfassung:	"Much of the history of the evolutionary debate since Darwin has focused on the level at which natural selection occurs. Most biologists acknowledge multiple levels of selectionf︣rom the gene, the trait, and the organism, to the family, the group, and the species. However, it is the debate about group selection that Mark E. Borrello focuses on in Evolutionary Restraints." "Tracing the history of biological attempts to determine whether selection could lead to the evolution of fitter groups, Borrello takes as his focus the British naturalist V.C. Wynne-Edwards, who proposed that animals could regulate their own population levels and thereby avoid overexploitation of their food and other resources. By the mid-twentieth century, Wynne-Edwards became the primary advocate for group selection theory, and precipitated a debate that engaged the most significant evolutionary biologists, including Ernst Mayr, W.D. Hamilton, John Maynard Smith, G.C. Williams, and Richard Dawkins. The resultant interpretations and arguments bled out into broader conversations about population regulation, environmental crises, and the evolution of human and animal social behavior. Evolutionary Restraints illuminates both the process of science and the role of controversy in the process. From its origins in Darwin's own thinking, this debate, Borrello reminds us, remains relevant and alive to this day."--Back cover
Beschreibung:	IX, pages illustrations 23 cm
ISBN:	0226067033 9780226067032