Genes, Categories, and Species

The Evolutionary and Cognitive Causes of the Species Problem

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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Beskrivning

This book is a thorough re-examination of the "species problem", the continuing disagreement among biologists about how best to identify species and what constitutes useful and genuine biological divisions of groups and organisms. This book contributes to our understanding of the scientific issues related to the species concept through an exploration of the reality of biological diversity and of the mental processes behind the ways we recognize species, and how we establish typological categories generally. The text develops a theory of evolutionary groups (groups of DNAs that compete and share in genetic drift and adaptation), and revisits the major issues of modern phylogeny, systematics, and evolutionary biology through this framework.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2001-08-09
Mått:203 x 142 x 25 mm
Vikt:440 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780195144772

Utforska kategorier

Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Jody Hey is Professor of Genetics at Rutgers University, where he uses both mathematical theory and DNA sequencing to study the process of evolution. In recent years he has conducted research on the evolutionary divergence of fruit fly species and on the evolutionary origins of modern humans. This book was written while Dr. Hey was visiting the University of Edinburgh, Scotland with the aid of a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship.

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" ... his casual style and thought-provoking examples are convincing, in a very basic way."

Innehållsförteckning

1: The Species Problem2: The Mode of Life3: The Theory of LifeEnd of Part 14: Categories in the World and in the Mind5: Typological Thinking About Species6: Biological Diversity7: Recombination and Biological Species8: The Cause of the Species Problem9: The Origin of Natural KindsEnd of Part 210: Phylogeny11: Systematics12: Evolutionary Biology13: What are Species? And What are Taxa?14: What is to be Done?