Charles Darwin and natural selection -- Social insects, superorganisms, and mutual aid -- Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards -- Theory development -- Animal dispersion -- Critique of Wynne-Edwards -- The new paradigm of the gene -- The death of Wynne-Edwards and the life of an idea.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of nucleotide and protein phylogenetic analysis--[P. 4 of cover].
By suggesting that individual organisms should be viewed as a single coherent unit, working to maximize their own reproductive success, the author explains that as these organisms are "selfish" they have the capacity to effect the body of another animal, so revolutionizing our v…
How do species evolve? Richard Dawkins, one of the world's most eminent zoologists, likens the process to scaling a huge, Himalaya-size peak, the Mount Improbable of his title. An alpinist does not leap from sea level to the summit; neither does a species utterly change forms ov…
In this sweeping account, Gary Cziko integrate various scientific disciplines within a universal selection theory that attempts to account for all cases of fit involving living organisms, including those that might appear miraculous. Cziko's bold assertion is that all novel form…
This work presents a radical new view of the function of the brain and nervous system. It suggests that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution but operating different mechanisms. By providing a fundamental n…
"The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and central controversy in evolutionary biology. Adaptationism and Optimality presents an up-to-date view of this controversy and ref…
