Adaptation and Natural Selection

Williams, G. C. (1966). Adaptation and Natural Selection: A Critique of Some Current Evolutionary Thought. Princeton University Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

1966

Link

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691182865/adaptation-and-natural-selection

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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.

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