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Found 4 from your keywords: subject="Adaptation (Biology)"
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Transformations of Lamarckism: From Subtle Fluids to Molecular Biology
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Gissis, Snait,Jablonka, Eva

This title shows the advantages of a Lamarckian perspective on evolution. Indeed the development-oriented approach it presents is becoming central to current evolutionary studies.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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9780262295642
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1 online resource (xvi, 457 pages) :illustrations.
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From Groups to Individuals: Evolution and Emerging Individuality
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Huneman, Philippe,Bouchard,, Frédéric

The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings.Our intuitive assumption that only organisms are the real individuals in the natural world is at odds with developments in cell biology, ecology, genetics, evolutionary biology, and other fields. Although organisms have served for centuries as nature's paradigmatic ind…

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9780262313445
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1 online resource.
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Signals and boundaries :building blocks for complex adaptive systems
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Holland, John H.

Complex adaptive systems (cas), including ecosystems, governments, biological cells, and markets, are characterized by intricate hierarchical arrangements of boundaries and signals. In ecosystems, for example, niches act as semi-permeable boundaries, and smells and visual patterns serve as signals; governments have departmental hierarchies with memoranda acting as signals; and so it is with oth…

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0262305895
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1 online resource (viii, 308 pages) :illustrations
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Adaptation in natural and artificial systems :an introductory analysis with a…
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Holland, John H.

"A Bradford book."DSU Title III 2007-2012.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

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1st MIT Press ed.
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0585038449
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1 online resource (xiv, 211 pages) :illustrations.
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