Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution
$113.87
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2023
Summary
What does it mean to say that mutation is random? How does mutation influence evolution? Are mutations merely the raw material for selection to shape adaptations?
The author draws on a detailed knowledge of mutational mechanisms to argue that the randomness doctrine is best understood, not as a fact-based conclusion, but as the premise of a neo-Darwinian research program focused on selection. The successes of this research program created a blind spot – in mathematical models and verb…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780192872579 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0192872575 |
| Author: | Dr Arlin Stoltzfus |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2023 |
| Weight: | 624g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 191mm x 242mm |
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Dr Arlin Stoltzfus
Arlin Stoltzfus is a Fellow of the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, and a Research Biologist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. He is an evolutionary biologist who uses computer-based approaches to study evolution at the molecular level. His primary interest has been to develop and evaluate theories about evolutionary factors other than natural selection. He and his coworkers proposed the theory of Constructive Neutral Evolution, and showed theoretically that biases in the introduction of variation may impose biases on evolution without requiring neutrality.
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