The Species Problem : Ongoing Issues

Igor Pavlinov

ISBN 10: 953510957X / ISBN 13: 9789535109570

Editore: Intechopen, 2013

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The book includes collection of theoretical papers dealing with the species problem, which is among most fundamental issues in biology. The principal topics are: consideration of the species problem from the standpoint of modern non-classical science paradigm, with emphasis on its conceptual status presuming its analysis within certain conceptual framework; evolutionary emergence of the species as discrete unit of certain level of generality; epistemological consideration of the species as a particular explanatory hypotheses, with respective revised concepts of biodiversity and conservation; considerations of evolutionary and phylogenomic species concepts as candidates for the universal one; re-appraisal of the biological species concept based on the 'friend-foe' recognition system; species delimitation approach using multi-locus coalescent-based method; a re-consideration of the Darwin's species concept.

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• Titolo: The Species Problem : Ongoing Issues
• Editore: Intechopen
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 953510957X
• ISBN 13: 9789535109570
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 266 L x 185 A x 25 P (millimetri) 266 millimetri di larghezza per 185 millimetri di altezza per 25 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 846 grammi

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The book includes collection of theoretical papers dealing with the species problem, which is among most fundamental issues in biology. The principal topics are: consideration of the species problem from the standpoint of modern non-classical science paradigm, with emphasis on its conceptual status presuming its analysis within certain conceptual framework; evolutionary emergence of the species as discrete unit of certain level of generality; epistemological consideration of the species as a particular explanatory hypotheses, with respective revised concepts of biodiversity and conservation; considerations of evolutionary and phylogenomic species concepts as candidates for the universal one; re-appraisal of the biological species concept based on the "friend-foe" recognition system; species delimitation approach using multi-locus coalescent-based method; a re-consideration of the Darwin's species concept.