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Overview`Why life?' Questions of this type were for a long time the prerogative of philosophers who left the `how' question to scientists. Nowadays, Darwin's successors no longer have any qualms about addressing the `why' as well as the `how'. Over a century ago, Darwin modestly admitted having 'thrown some light on the origin of species - this mystery of mysteries'. Two major advances in the following decades helped biologists answer many of the questions he left unsolved. The first was the discovery of the laws of heredity, the second that of DNA. Both provided Darwinian theory with the foundations that were lacking and led to the all-embracing neo-Darwinian synthesis. Since then, Theodosius Dobzhansky's aphorism `nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution' has proven true more than once. This does not suit everyone, as evolutionist ideas have not lost their power to cause a scandal. Darwin toppled man from his pedestal. Evolutionary genetics - the subject of this book - sends the individual crashing. Considered until recently to be the target of selection and the focus of evolution, the individual has been usurped by the gene. The individual is nothing but the gene's avatar. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Pierre-Henri Gouyon , Jean-Pierre Henry , Jacques ArnouldPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.468kg ISBN: 9781475776560ISBN 10: 147577656 Pages: 287 Publication Date: 26 April 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsThe Biologists Dream.- Waiting for Darwin.- The Darwinian Paradigm.- Population and Ecological Genetics.- The Key to Genes.- Conflict and Cooperation.- Eros and Thanatos Revisited.- What Can Be Done, What Can’t Be Done.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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