Clarke, E orcid.org/0000-0003-1839-6405 (2014) Origins of evolutionary transitions. Journal of Biosciences, 39 (2). pp. 303-317. ISSN 0250-5991
Abstract
An ‘evolutionary transition in individuality’ or ‘major transition’ is a transformation in the hierarchical level at which natural selection operates on a population. In this article I give an abstract (i.e. level-neutral and substrate-neutral) articulation of the transition process in order to precisely understand how such processes can happen, especially how they can get started.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014, Indian Academy of Sciences. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Evolutionary transition; individuality; level of selection |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2017 12:47 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2017 14:44 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Indian Academy of Sciences |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s12038-013-9375-y |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:118475 |