Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories - Couverture rigide

 
9780122951206: Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0122951204 ISBN 13 : 9780122951206
Editeur : Academic Press Inc, 1994

Synopsis

This book explores ways in which systematic patterns are used to infer evolutionary processes. Among evolutionary biologists and systematists there is a constant interchange between those that study the process of evolution (e.g., mutation, selection, speciation) and those that study its patterns (e.g., variation, geographic distribution, ontogeny, phylogeny). Because patterns influence the development of theories, and processes yield patterns, it is not always easy to distinguish one from another. This book is dialectic and helps crystallize a continuing debate over the relationship of patterns to process theories.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book explores ways in which systematic patterns are used to infer evolutionary processes. Among evolutionary biologists and systematists there is a constant interchange between those that study the process of evolution (e.g., mutation, selection, speciation) and those that study its patterns (e.g., variation, geographic distribution, ontogeny, phylogeny). Because patterns influence the development of theories, and processes yield patterns, it is not always easy to distinguish one from another. This book is dialectic and helps crystallize a continuing debate over the relationship of patterns to process theories.

Key Features
* Contributions by leading systematists, evolutionary biologists, and philosophers
* Illustrates the debate over how and if evolutionary processes can be inferred from systematic patterns
* Illustrates a continuing interplay between systematics and evolutionary theory

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Éditeur
Academic Press Inc
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0122951204
ISBN 13 
9780122951206
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
298
Éditeur
Grande Lance, Rieppel Olivier
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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