| Titre : | Mutation, randomness, & evolution |
| Auteurs : | Arlin Stoltzfus, Auteur |
| Support: | Livre |
| Mention d'édition : | 1st ed. |
| Editeur : | Oxford : Oxford university press, 2021 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-19-287257-9 |
| Format : | 1 vol. (XIII-268 p.) / ill. en coul. / 25 cm |
| Note générale : | Bibliogr. p. 243-266. Index |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 576.549 |
| Catégories : |
[Agneaux] Évolution (biologie) [Agneaux] Mutation (biologie) |
| Résumé : | 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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| Cote | Support | Localisation | Disponibilité | Emplacement |
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| T8.576.549/7053 | Livre | Bibliothèque centrale El Allia | Disponible | Magazin |
| T8.576.549/7053 | Livre | Bibliothèque centrale El Allia | Disponible | Magazin |
