Living things are constantly engaged in a struggle for existence,
and ingenious devices for the purpose of self-preservation can be
seen in all types of animal and plant life. However, nature also
displays phenomena that are not related to survival or that seem
clearly to violate the principle of self-preservation -
particularly when organisms interact with one another. Darwin
investigated these apparent contradictions and proposed that both
mechanisms of self preservation and those of reproduction are
explained by a more basic principle of "natural selection" - the
reproductive survival of the fittest. George C. Williams in "Group
Selection" challenges the adequacy of this process of selection at
the individual level.Williams has here collected the work of the
chief partisans with opposed viewpoints on the theory of selection
at the group level to state their arguments and rebuttals. A
minority of modern biologists offer evidence to show that groups of
living things are organized to assure their collective survival;
they are not merely collections of individuals designed for their
own survival and reproduction. In opposition, defenders of the
traditional point of view charge that mechanisms of group survival
are based on illusion and misinterpretation.Because of the wide
range of opinion expressed in "Group Selection", the reader is
exposed to all sides of the dispute and encouraged to form his or
her own views. In addition, as a source book on current
evolutionary issues or for research or reference material, "Group
Selection" remains a valuable addition to every personal and
institutional library in the biological sciences.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2017 |
| First published: |
2008 |
| Authors: |
George C. Williams
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
220 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-52458-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-138-52458-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781138524583 |
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