Death or persistence of Darwinism? A philosopher's point of view;Mort ou persistance du darwinisme ? Regard d'un épistémologue

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 321-340

  Gayon, Jean ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Complexity; Darwin; Darwinism; Descent with modification; Divergence; Extinction; Gould; Gradualism; Group selection; Lateral transfer of genes; Natural selection; Neutral theory of molecular evolution; Scientific change; Structure of evolutionary theory; Supraspecific evolution; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; GENES; MICROORGANISMS;

EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE TRANSFER; MORTALITY; NATURAL SELECTION; PERSISTENCE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 61449254268     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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