Genes, Categories, and Species
The Evolutionary and Cognitive Causes of the Species Problem
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:9th Aug '01
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
" ... his casual style and thought-provoking examples are convincing, in a very basic way." * Science *
ISBN: 9780195144772
Dimensions: 142mm x 203mm x 25mm
Weight: 440g
240 pages