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Extends evolutionary theory by formally including niche construction and ecological inheritance as additional evolutionary processes. The... Læs mere
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In The Medea Hypothesis, renowned paleontologist Peter Ward proposes a revolutionary and provocative vision of life's relationship with... Læs mere
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From humans to hermit crabs to deep water plankton, all living things compete for locally limiting resources. This work offers an exploration of the facts and theories of... Læs mere
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Discusses the methods and problems involved in the demonstration and measurement of natural selection. This work presents the critical evidence for its... Læs mere
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Brings together leading researchers from biological disciplines to outline the potential conflicts and discuss how they are resolved. This volume presents a comprehensive survey of the theoretical and empirical research in evolutionary biology.
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Offers a look into how the characteristics of the physical world drive the designs of animals and plants. This title contains information related to... Læs mere
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Arguing that the human psyche is at war with itself, that humans are alienated in the cosmos, and that moral societies are necessarily in conflict with the natural conditions of... Læs mere
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Treats one of the central problems in evolutionary biology, the evolution of social cooperation and conflict. This book tackles the problem with an original combination of approaches: game theory, classical models of natural selection, quantitative genetics, and kin selection.
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This work investigates a moment in evolution when development was at its most basic - the moment when signalling between cells began. Using slime... Læs mere
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Demonstrates why the field of conservation biology must rely on the insights of population genetics to preserve the... Læs mere
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Uses a unified framework based on the notion of fitness landscapes introduced by Sewall Wright in 1932, generalizing this notion to explore the consequences of the huge dimensionality of fitness landscapes that correspond to biological systems.
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Evolutionary biology has witnessed breathtaking advances over the years. This book describes the advances and explains why a... Læs mere