Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges

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Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges is an influential book by evolutionary biologist George C. Williams that analyzes how natural selection operates across different biological levels and conceptual domains, highlighting theoretical issues and challenges in evolutionary theory.

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instanceOf biology book ⓘ
book ⓘ
evolutionary biology book ⓘ
addresses conceptual issues in evolutionary theory ⓘ
conflicts between selection at different levels ⓘ
problems of defining fitness ⓘ
theoretical challenges to adaptationism ⓘ
analyzes gene-level selection ⓘ
group-level selection ⓘ
organism-level selection ⓘ
author George C. Williams ⓘ
George Christopher Williams ⓘ
contribution clarifies conceptual structure of natural selection ⓘ
influences debates on units of selection ⓘ
refines understanding of how natural selection is partitioned across levels ⓘ
describedAs influential work in evolutionary biology ⓘ
theoretical analysis of natural selection ⓘ
field biology ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
philosophy of biology ⓘ
focusesOn challenges to standard views of natural selection ⓘ
clarifying units of selection ⓘ
conceptual domains of natural selection ⓘ
how natural selection operates at different biological levels ⓘ
genre scientific literature ⓘ
hasAuthorRole George C. Williams is an evolutionary biologist ⓘ
linked to: George C. Williams
hasInfluenceOn modern evolutionary theory ⓘ
philosophy of biology discussions of selection levels ⓘ
intendedAudience advanced students of evolutionary theory ⓘ
evolutionary biologists ⓘ
philosophers of biology ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject domains of selection ⓘ
evolutionary theory ⓘ
levels of selection ⓘ
natural selection ⓘ
theoretical problems in evolution ⓘ
relatedTo adaptation and natural selection ⓘ
multi-level selection theory ⓘ
units of selection debate ⓘ

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