On the thermodynamics of multilevel evolution

BioSystems

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 140-143

  Tessera, Marc ^a   Hoelzer, Guy A ^b  

^a University of Nevada Reno ^*  (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissipative systems; Entropy; Multilevel evolution; Multilevel selection; Physical evolution; Self organization; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYLOGENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; ENTROPY; GENE TRANSFER; HEREDITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880253799     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2013.05.011     Document Type: Article

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