Levels of Selection in Evolution Export

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TY - BOOK ID - keller:1999 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4542650 N2 - Ever since the groundbreaking work of George Williams, W. D. Hamilton, andRichard Dawkins, evolutionary biologists have recognized that naturalselection generally does not operate for the good of the group, but rather forthe good of lower-level units such as the individual, the cell, even the gene.One of the fundamental problems of biology is: what keeps competition betweenthese various levels of natural selection from destroying the common intereststo be gained from cooperation? In this volume twelve prominent scientistsexplore this question, presenting a comprehensive survey of the currenttheoretical and empirical research in evolutionary biology.Recent studies show that at many levels of biological organization, mechanismshave evolved to prevent potential conflict in natural selection. EditorLaurent Keller's aim in this book is to bring together leading researchersfrom all biological disciplines to outline these potential conflicts anddiscuss how they are resolved. A multi-level approach of this kind allowsimportant insights into the evolution of life, as well as bridging the long-standing conceptual chasm between molecular and organismal biologists. Thechapters here follow a rigorous theoretical framework, giving the book anoverall synergy that is unique to multi-authored books.The contributors, in addition to the editor, are H. Charles J. Godfray, EdwardAllen Herre, Dawn M. Kitchen, Egbert Giles Leigh, Jr., Catherine M. Lessells,Richard E. Michod, Leonard Nunney, Craig Packer, Andrew Pomiankowski, H. KernReeve, John Maynard Smith, and Eörs Szathmáry. SN - 0691007047 TI - Levels of Selection in Evolution PB - Princeton University Press KW - evolution AU - Keller, Laurent PY - 1999/10/04/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&path=ASIN/0691007047 ER -