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Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges

Journal of Animal EcologyPublished 1 January 1994
Mark Pagel, George C. Williams
Citations651
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SJR score1.70
SNIP1.49

Abstract

A philosophical position The gene as a unit of selection Clade selection and macroevolution Levels of selection among interactors Optimization and kindred concepts Historicity and constraint Diversity within and between clades Some recent controversies Statis Other challenges and anomalies Bibliography Appendix.

Keywords

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology