Adaptation and Natural Selection¶
Williams, G. C. (1966). Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought. Princeton University Press.
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- Adaptation
- The concept originates in evolutionary biology, where adaptation describes heritable trait change driven by differential survival and reproduction under natural selection.
This sourceEstablishes the gene-centered view of adaptation operating through differential reproductive success; demolishes naive group-selection accounts.
- The concept originates in evolutionary biology, where adaptation describes heritable trait change driven by differential survival and reproduction under natural selection.
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