Ever since the groundbreaking work of George Williams, W. D. Hamilton,
and Richard Dawkins, evolutionary biologists have recognized that
natural selection generally does not operate for the good of the
group, but rather for the good of lower-level units such as the
individual, the cell, even the gene. One of the fundamental problems
of biology is: what keeps competition between these various levels of
natural selection from destroying the common interests to be gained
from cooperation? In this volume twelve prominent scientists explore
this question, presenting a comprehensive survey of the current
theoretical and empirical research in evolutionary biology. Recent
studies show that at many levels of biological organization,
mechanisms have evolved to prevent potential conflict in natural
selection. Editor Laurent Keller's aim in this book is to bring
together leading researchers from all biological disciplines to
outline these potential conflicts and discuss how they are resolved. A
multi-level approach of this kind allows important insights into the
evolution of life, as well as bridging the long-standing conceptual
chasm between molecular and organismal biologists. The chapters here
follow a rigorous theoretical framework, giving the book an overall
synergy that is unique to multi-authored books. The contributors, in
addition to the editor, are H. Charles J. Godfray, Edward Allen Herre,
Dawn M. Kitchen, Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr., Catherine M. Lessells,
Richard E. Michod, Leonard Nunney, Craig Packer, Andrew Pomiankowski,
H. Kern Reeve, John Maynard Smith, and Eörs Szathmáry.
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ISBN
9780691207018
Publisert
2020
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Princeton University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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