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Maladaptation : natural selection in the wrong direction? / Philip G. Madgwick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Madgwick, Philip G., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adaptation (Biology).
- Natural selection.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- This study makes the case that natural selection can do the exact opposite, favouring traits that directly harm an organism's ability to survive and reproduce, by synthesizing evidence from evolution, ecology and genetics to explain how maladaptations are possible, with drastic consequences for our understanding of the design of living things.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 17, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-196676-2
- OCLC:
- 1439828845
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