On the Origin of Autonomy: A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution

by Bernd Rosslenbroich

Book Overview

This volume describes features of autonomy and integrates them into the recent discussion of factors in evolution. In recent years ideas about major transitions in evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. They include questions about the origin of evolutionary innovation, their genetic and epigenetic background, the role of the phenotype and of changes in ontogenetic pathways. In the present book, it is argued that it is likewise necessary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319353861
• ISBN13: 9783319353869
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"