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Evolution and the levels of selection

"Does natural selection act primarily on individual organisms, on groups, on genes, or on whole species? Samir Okasha provides a comprehensive analysis of the debate in evolutionary biology over the levels of selection, focusing on conceptual, philosophical, and foundational questions. A systematic framework is developed for thinking about natural selection acting at multiple levels of the biological hierarchy; the framework is then used to help resolve outstanding issues."--Jacket

Print Book, English, 2006
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, Oxford, Oxford, 2006