Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 154 g
Buch, Englisch, 75 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 154 g
Reihe: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
ISBN: 978-1-108-71602-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Current knowledge of the genetic, epigenetic, behavioural and symbolic systems of inheritance requires a revision and extension of the mid-twentieth-century, gene-based, 'Modern Synthesis' version of Darwinian evolutionary theory. We present the case for this by first outlining the history that led to the neo-Darwinian view of evolution. In the second section we describe and compare different types of inheritance, and in the third discuss the implications of a broad view of heredity for various aspects of evolutionary theory. We end with an examination of the philosophical and conceptual ramifications of evolutionary thinking that incorporates multiple inheritance systems.
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1. The Modern Synthesis: a Neo-Darwinian, Genotypic View of Heredity and Evolution; 2. Characterizing Inheritance Systems; 3. The Evolutionary Implications of Nongenetic Inheritance; 4. Philosophical Implications: Is An Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Necessary?
