This provocative study provides a stimulating critique of contemporary evolutionary thought, analyzing the Modern Synthesis first developed by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. Written by an eminent evolutionary biologist (the co-founder of the theory of punctuated equilibria), this highly readable work argues that only genes and organisms are taken as historic "individuals" in conventional theory. Eldredge proposes that species, higher taxa, and ecological entities such as populations and communities should also be construed as individuals--an approach that yields the ecological and genealogical hierarchies that interact to produce evolution. This clearly stated, controversial work will provoke much debate among evolutionary biologists, systematists, paleontologists, and ecologists, as well as a wide range of educated lay readers. Published: April 2014.-Choice Reviews.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution.
موضوع مستند نشده
Evolution.
رده بندی دهدهی جهانی
شماره
576.12
رده بندی ديویی
شماره
575
ويراست
19
رده بندی کنگره
شماره رده
QH366
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2
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