Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory (häftad)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
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Engelska
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216
Utgivningsdatum
2015-04-27
Förlag
Princeton University Press
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241 x 160 x 20 mm
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454 g
ISBN
9780691161563

Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory

An Introduction

av James A R Marshall, James A R Marshall
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2015-04-27
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Social behavior has long puzzled evolutionary biologists, since the classical theory of natural selection maintains that individuals should not sacrifice their own fitness to affect that of others. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory argues that a theory first presented in 1963 by William D. Hamilton--inclusive fitness theory--provides the most fundamental and general explanation for the evolution and maintenance of social behavior in the natural world. James Marshall guides readers through the vast and confusing literature on the evolution of social behavior, introducing and explaining the competing theories that claim to provide answers to questions such as why animals evolve to behave altruistically. Using simple statistical language and techniques that practicing biologists will be familiar with, he provides a comprehensive yet easily understandable treatment of key concepts and their repeated misinterpretations. Particular attention is paid to how more realistic features of behavior, such as nonadditivity and conditionality, can complicate analysis. Marshall highlights the general problem of identifying the underlying causes of evolutionary change, and proposes fruitful approaches to doing so in the study of social evolution. Social Evolution and Inclusive Fitness Theory describes how inclusive fitness theory addresses both simple and complex social scenarios, the controversies surrounding the theory, and how experimental work supports the theory as the most powerful explanation for social behavior and its evolution.
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James A. R. Marshall is professor of theoretical and computational biology at the University of Sheffield.

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