The paradox of the organism : adaptation and internal conflict / edited by J. Arvid Ågren, Manus M. Patten.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ågren, J. Arvid, editor.

Patten, Manus M., 1980- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adaptation (Biology).

Organisms.

Evolution (Biology).

Biology--Philosophy.

Biology.

Physical Description:

viii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"The unity of the organism - an assembly of organs, tissues, cells, and genes working toward a common goal-has long been taken for granted. The essays in this collection pierce the organismal veil to consider how an organism persists, even as internal conflict, from cancer cells to selfish genes, threatens its integrity and survival"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Organismality and Its Discontents / J. Arvid Ågren and Manus M. Patten

Part I. Considerations of Conflict. Resolving the Paradox of the Organism with Inclusive Fitness / Thomas W. Scott and Stuart A. West ; In What Sense Can There Be Conflict between the Levels of Selection? / Pierrick Bourrat ; Internal Conflicts that Organisms Can Live With / Manus M. Patten

Part II. Implications of Conflict. A Metaphysical Paradox of Organismal Identity / Ellen Clarke and Will Morgan ; The Conflict Behind the Conflicts : Organisms as Agents and as Ecosystems / Philippe Huneman ; Cooperation and Conflict in Metazoan Development : Toward a Neo-Darwinian Embryology / David Haig ; Selfish Genetic Elements and the Evolution of Sex Determination and Inheritance Systems / Martijn A. Schenkel, Laura Ross, and Nina Wedel

Part III. Applications of Conflict. Clinical Implications of the Paradox of the Organism / Amy M. Boddy and J. Arvid Ågren ; Internal Conflict in Genomes and in Persons / Samir Okasha ; Host-Symbiont Conflict in Reef-Building Corals and the Risk of Coral Bleaching / Dakota E. McCoy, Brendan Cornwell, So̊nke Johnsen, and Jennifer A. Dionne

Conclusion: The Eternal Disquiet Within / Manus M. Patten and J. Arvid Ågren.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674296381

0674296389

OCLC:

1514889283