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The Mermaid's Tale by K Weiss & Anne Buchanan (2009, HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD)

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Book Title
The Mermaid’s Tale
ISBN
9780674031937

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674031938
ISBN-13
9780674031937
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66250206

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Mermaid's Tale : Four Billion Years of Cooperation in the Making of Living Things
Subject
Chaotic Behavior in Systems, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Author
Kenneth M. Weiss, Anne V. Buchanan
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-037860
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
As an attempt to replace the dominant selectionist paradigm, The Mermaid's Tale is sure to raise more than a few eyebrows among evolutionary biologists. At the very least, it ought to make them think very hard--as they should--about entertaining alternatives to our current received wisdom.
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
576.8
Table Of Content
Preface: A Biography of Life Part I. The Time of Life: A Broadening Perspective Life as History Opening the Pentagon Principles of Life Inheritance with Memory Walking down Memory Lane Part II. The Logic of Life: Complexity Made Simply Cells as Cytospecies Life on the Devo Scale: Cytospeciation and the Logic of Development Life on the Eco Scale: Directed Change from a Threatening, Unpredictable World Life on the Eco Scale: Making Sense of Complexity Part III. The Consistency of Life: EcoDevoEvo Form Emerges in Many Ways The Cooperative Genome "Ligand Seeking Receptor. Objective: Binding Relationship" Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Suggested Reading by General Category References Index
Synopsis
While competitive natural selection is widely assumed to be evolution's prime mover, Weiss shows how life generally works on the basis of cooperation. He reveals that focus on competition and cooperation is largely an artifact of compression of time--a distortion that dissolves when life is viewed from developmental and evolutionary time scales., Even after 150 years, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is irresistibly compelling. But how can this idea-in which competition prevails-be consistent with all that we know about the thoroughly cooperative nature of life at the genetic and cellular level? This book reconciles these discrepancies. Assembling a set of general principles, authors Kenneth Weiss and Anne Buchanan build a comprehensive, unified theory that applies on the evolutionary time scale but also on the developmental and ecological scales where daily life is lived, and cells, organisms, and species interact. They present this story through a diversity of examples spanning the fundamental challenges that organisms have faced throughout the history of life. This shows that even very complex traits can be constructed simply, based on these principles. Although relentless competitive natural selection is widely assumed to be the primary mover of evolutionary change, The Mermaid's Tale shows how life more generally works on the basis of cooperation. The book reveals that the focus on competition and cooperation is largely an artifact of the compression of time-a distortion that dissolves when the nature and origins of adapted life are viewed primarily from developmental and evolutionary time scales., Even after 150 years, Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is irresistibly compelling. But how can this idea--in which competition prevails--be consistent with all that we know about the thoroughly cooperative nature of life at the genetic and cellular level? This book reconciles these discrepancies. Assembling a set of general principles, authors Kenneth Weiss and Anne Buchanan build a comprehensive, unified theory that applies on the evolutionary time scale but also on the developmental and ecological scales where daily life is lived, and cells, organisms, and species interact. They present this story through a diversity of examples spanning the fundamental challenges that organisms have faced throughout the history of life. This shows that even very complex traits can be constructed simply, based on these principles. Although relentless competitive natural selection is widely assumed to be the primary mover of evolutionary change, The Mermaid's Tale shows how life more generally works on the basis of cooperation. The book reveals that the focus on competition and cooperation is largely an artifact of the compression of time--a distortion that dissolves when the nature and origins of adapted life are viewed primarily from developmental and evolutionary time scales.
LC Classification Number
QH325.W43 2009

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