Natural selection : domains, levels, and challenges / George C. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, George C. (George Christopher), 1926- author.

Series:

Oxford series in ecology and evolution ; 3.

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford series in ecology and evolution ; 3

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural selection.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (219 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examining the mechanism and action of natural selection in evolution, the author offers his own synthesis of modern evolutionary theory, including discussions of the gene as the unit of selection, clade selection and macroevolution, diversity within and among populations, and other central issues.

Contents:

Contents; 1 A Philosophical Position; 2 The Gene as a Unit of Selection; 3 Clade Selection and Macroevolution; 4 Levels of Selection Among Interactors; 5 Optimization and Related Concepts; 6 Historicity and Constraint; 7 Diversity Within and Among Populations; 8 Some Recent Issues; 9 Stasis; 10 Other Challenges and Anomalies; References; Appendix (excerpts for Galen and Paley); Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-770172-8

0-19-802339-1

9786610440931

1-280-44093-7

1-4237-3696-6

1-60129-819-6

OCLC:

475956013