Causality and the Levels of Selection.

Autor: Krupp DB; Program in Evolution and Governance, One Earth Future Foundation, 525 Zang St, Broomfield, CO 80021, USA; SALT Lab, Department of Psychology and Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada. Electronic address: dbkrupp@saltlab.org.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Trends in ecology & evolution [Trends Ecol Evol] 2016 Apr; Vol. 31 (4), pp. 255-257. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jan 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.01.008
Abstrakt: When is it sensible to say that group selection has shaped organismal design? This question has prompted many replies but few credible solutions. New work that exposes the causal relationships between phenotypes and fitness may finally settle the matter - and a few other things besides.
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