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Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution

Af: Dr Arlin Stoltzfus Engelsk Hardback

Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution

Af: Dr Arlin Stoltzfus Engelsk Hardback
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What does it mean to say that mutation is random? How does mutation influence evolution? Are mutations merely the raw material for selection to shape adaptations? The author draws on a detailed knowledge of mutational mechanisms to argue that the randomness doctrine is best understood, not as a fact-based conclusion, but as the premise of a neo-Darwinian research program focused on selection. The successes of this research program created a blind spot - in mathematical models and verbal theories of causation - that has stymied efforts to re-think the role of variation. However, recent theoretical and empirical work shows that mutational biases can and do influence the course of evolution, including adaptive evolution, through a first come, first served mechanism.This thought-provoking book cuts through the conceptual tangle at the intersection of mutation, randomness, and evolution, offering a fresh, far-reaching, and testable view of the role of variation as a dispositional evolutionary factor. The arguments will be accessible to philosophers and historians with a serious interest in evolution, as well as to researchers and advanced students of evolution focused on molecules, microbes, evo-devo, and population genetics.
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What does it mean to say that mutation is random? How does mutation influence evolution? Are mutations merely the raw material for selection to shape adaptations? The author draws on a detailed knowledge of mutational mechanisms to argue that the randomness doctrine is best understood, not as a fact-based conclusion, but as the premise of a neo-Darwinian research program focused on selection. The successes of this research program created a blind spot - in mathematical models and verbal theories of causation - that has stymied efforts to re-think the role of variation. However, recent theoretical and empirical work shows that mutational biases can and do influence the course of evolution, including adaptive evolution, through a first come, first served mechanism.This thought-provoking book cuts through the conceptual tangle at the intersection of mutation, randomness, and evolution, offering a fresh, far-reaching, and testable view of the role of variation as a dispositional evolutionary factor. The arguments will be accessible to philosophers and historians with a serious interest in evolution, as well as to researchers and advanced students of evolution focused on molecules, microbes, evo-devo, and population genetics.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9780198844457
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 019884445X
Kategori: Evolution
Udg. Dato: 22 apr 2021
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 254mm
Højde: 196mm
Forlag: Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato: 22 apr 2021
Forfatter(e): Dr Arlin Stoltzfus
Forfatter(e) Dr Arlin Stoltzfus

Kategori Evolution

ISBN-13 9780198844457

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 288

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 254mm

Højde 196mm

Udg. Dato 22 apr 2021

Oplagsdato 22 apr 2021

Forlag Oxford University Press