The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection - used book

1980, ISBN: 0691084939

John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "… More...

John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "that an egg turns into an elaborate adult? How is it that a bacterium, given many millions of years, could have evolved into an elephant?" The author argues that we can understand this progression in terms of natural selection, but that in order to do so we must consider the role of development--or more precisely the role of life cycles--in evolutionary change. In a lively writing style that will be familiar to readers of his work The Evolution of Culture in Animals (Princeton, 1980), Bonner addresses a general audience interested in biology, as well as specialists in all areas of evolutionary biology. What is novel in the approach used here is the comparison of complexity inside the organism (especially cell differentiation) with the complexity outside (that is, within an ecological community). Matters of size at both these levels are closely related to complexity. The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior. biological sciences,biology,evolution,organic,philosophy,politics and social sciences,science,science and math,science and scientists,science and technology Evolution, Princeton University Press<

1980, ISBN: 9780691084930

John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he i… More...

John Tyler Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. "How is it," he inquires, "that an egg turns into an elaborate adult? How is it that a bacterium, given many millions of years, could have evolved into an elephant?" The author argues that we can understand this progression in terms of natural selection, but that in order to do so we must consider the role of development--or more precisely the role of life cycles--in evolutionary change. In a lively writing style that will be familiar to readers of his work The Evolution of Culture in Animals (Princeton, 1980), Bonner addresses a general audience interested in biology, as well as specialists in all areas of evolutionary biology. What is novel in the approach used here is the comparison of complexity inside the organism (especially cell differentiation) with the complexity outside (that is, within an ecological community). Matters of size at both these levels are closely related to complexity. The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior. The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection Bonner, John Tyler, Princeton University Press<

1988

ISBN: 0691084939

[EAN: 9780691084930], [PU: Princeton, NJ [u.a.], Princeton Univ. Press.], ALLGEMEIN; GENETIK VERERBUNGSLEHRE EVOLUTION MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE ABSTAMMUNGSLEHRE, 23,5 cm. XII, 260 S. mit 86 Ill.… More...

[EAN: 9780691084930], [PU: Princeton, NJ [u.a.], Princeton Univ. Press.], ALLGEMEIN; GENETIK VERERBUNGSLEHRE EVOLUTION MOLEKULARBIOLOGIE ABSTAMMUNGSLEHRE, 23,5 cm. XII, 260 S. mit 86 Ill. Illustrierter Originalkarton (Softcover). Kopfschnitt etwas braunfleckig, sonst sehr gut. Sprache: Englisch. Bitte beachten: Die angegebenen Versandkosten gelten für den Versand als Büchersendung (bis 1 kg). Wiegen Buch und Verpackung mehr, betragen die Versandkosten innerhalb von Deutschland 5,00 Euro. Sie werden von uns vor Versand nochmals darauf hingewiesen., Books<