Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory | Benjamin J. A. Dickins (u. a.) | Buch | Evolutionary Biology ¿ New Perspectives on Its Development | XVI | Englisch - gebunden oder broschiert

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ISBN/EAN: 9783031220272

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978-3-031-22027-2

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Autor/in: Thomas E. Dickins; Benjamin J.A. Dickins
Titel: Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development; Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory
Verlag: Springer; Springer International Publishing
625 Seiten
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023-03-09
Cham; CH
Gedruckt / Hergestellt in Niederlande.
Sprache: Englisch
213,99 € (DE)
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236,00 CHF (CH)
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XVI, 625 p. 23 illus., 10 illus. in color.

BB; Hardcover, Softcover / Biologie; Evolution; Verstehen; Evolutionary Theory; Evolutionary biology; Evolutionary Synthesis; Modern Synthesis; Standard Evolutionary Theory; Extended Evolutionary Synthesis; Concepts of Evolution; MS; SET; EET; Evolutionary Theory; Evolutionary Biology; History of Science; Evolutionary Genetics; Evolutionary Developmental Biology; Origin of Life; Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften; Genetik (nicht-medizinisch); Entwicklungsbiologie; Organische Chemie; EA; BC

This book is reflecting upon core theories in evolutionary biology – in a historical as well as contemporary context. It exposes the main areas of interest for discussion, but more importantly draws together hypotheses and future research directions.

The Modern Synthesis (MS), sometimes referred to as Standard Evolutionary Theory (SET), in evolutionary biology has been well documented and discussed, but was also critically scrutinized over the last decade. Researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds have claimed that there is a need for an extension to that theory, and have called for an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES).

The following chapters are organized around historical perspectives, theoretical and philosophical approaches and the use of specific biological models to inspect core ideas. Both empirical and theoretical contributions have been included. The majority of chapters are addressing various aspects of the EES position, and reflecting upon the MS. Some of the chapters take historical perspectives, analyzing various details of the MS and EES claims. Others offer theoretical and philosophical analyses of the debate, or take contemporary findings in biology and discuss those findings and their possible theoretical interpretations. All of the chapters draw upon actual biology to make their points. 

This book is written by practicing biologists and behavioral biologists, historians and philosophers - many of them working in interdisciplinary fields. It is a valuable resource for historians and philosophers of biology as well as for biologists. 

Chapters8, 20, 22 and 33 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

) at a number of field sites in the south of England as well as various studies on human behaviour.

is a senior lecturer at Nottingham Trent University. Ben is interested in genome evolution and in the process of adaptation. He has used a range of sequencing and bioinformatic approaches to address problems with bacteriophages and dinoflagellates as contrasting model systems in his laboratory. His doctoral training (at the Babraham Institute, UK) provided a detailed knowledge of molecular biology/genetics in the context of understanding the physiological consequences of genomic imprinting. His postdoctoral experience (at Penn State University, US) familiarised him with (next-generation) sequencing workflows and computer programming as he participated in work on the mutation rate of human mitochondrial DNA and evolutionary dynamics in a phage.

The Modern Synthesis (MS), sometimes referred to as Standard Evolutionary Theory (SET), in evolutionary biology has been well documented and discussed, but was also critically scrutinized over the last decade. Researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds have claimed that there is a need for an extension to that theory, and have called for an Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES).

The following chapters are organized around historical perspectives, theoretical and philosophical approaches and the use of specific biological models to inspect core ideas. Both empirical and theoretical contributions have been included. The majority of chapters are addressing various aspects of the EES position, and reflecting upon the MS. Some of the chapters take historical perspectives, analyzing various details of the MS and EES claims. Others offer theoretical and philosophical analyses of the debate, or take contemporary findings in biology and discuss those findings and their possible theoretical interpretations. All of the chapters draw upon actual biology to make their points. 

This book is written by practicing biologists and behavioral biologists, historians and philosophers - many of them working in interdisciplinary fields. It is a valuable resource for historians and philosophers of biology as well as for biologists. 

Chapters 8, 20, 22 and 33 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.