Units of Selection

ISBN-13: 9781009276412 / Miękka / 2023 / 75 str.

Elisabeth A. (Indiana University) Lloyd

Opis

'Unit of selection' is a polysemic expression, meaning interactor, replicator/reproducer or manifestor of adaptation/type-1 agent in today's biological research.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. What is a Unit of Selection and How Can We Identify It? The Disambiguating and the Unitary Projects; 2. How the Expression 'Units of Selection' Acquired Its Polysemic Meaning or Why the Disambiguating Project Started; 3. Two Sources of Misunderstanding in Past and Today's Debates about Units; 4. The Framework of the Evolutionary Transitions in Individuality: A Challenge to the Disambiguating Project; Conclusion; Glossary; References.