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

 
9780122951206: Interpreting the Hierarchy of Nature: From Systematic Patterns to Evolutionary Process Theories
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ISBN 10: 0122951204 ISBN 13: 9780122951206
Casa editrice: Academic Pr, 1994

Sinossi

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.

  • 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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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.
Special 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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Editore
Academic Pr
Data di pubblicazione
1994
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0122951204
ISBN 13 
9780122951206
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero di pagine
298
Redattore
Grande Lance, Rieppel Olivier
Contatto del produttore
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