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The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection Paperback - 1988
by John Tyler Bonner
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Bonner makes a new attack on an old problem: the question of how progressive increase in the size and complexity of animals and plants has occurred. The book shows how an understanding of the grand course of evolution can come from combining our knowledge of genetics, development, ecology, and even behavior. *Lightning Print On Demand Title
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- Title The Evolution of Complexity by Means of Natural Selection
- Author John Tyler Bonner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Edition
- Condition Used - Very good
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press, Princeton., New Jersey
- Publication date 1988
- Features Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # Smith-09
- ISBN 9780691084947 / 0691084947
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.17 x 6.09 x 0.64 in (23.29 x 15.47 x 1.63 cm)
- Category Philosophy
- Library of Congress subjects Evolution (Biology), Natural selection
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 87038490
- Dewey Decimal Code 575
- Quantity available 1
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John Tyler Bonner argues that we can understand progression in terms of natural selection, but that in order to do so we must consider the role of development--or more precisely the role if life cycles--in evolutionary change.
