Making the Most of Clade Selection
Making the Most of Clade Selection
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DOI：
10.1086/690719
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发表时间：
2017-04-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Doolittle, W. Ford
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作者：
Doolittle, W. Ford
进化枝选择不受哲学家的欢迎，因为他们接受多级选择理论。进化枝不能繁殖，而繁殖被广泛认为是自然选择进化所必需的，尤其是复杂的适应。使用微生物进化过程作为启发法，我认为相反的是（1）林间空地生长（所包含物种的增殖）在复杂适应的进化中替代了林间空地繁殖，（2）有利于持久性物种丰富度，分散，分歧和可能的进化枝内合作的林间空地水平特性不能分解为物种水平性状，（3）这些特性可以通过对进化枝的选择来维持，（4）林间空地选择扩展了解释性进化论的力量。
Clade selection is unpopular with philosophers who otherwise accept multilevel selection theory. Clades cannot reproduce, and reproduction is widely thought necessary for evolution by natural selection, especially of complex adaptations. Using microbial evolutionary processes as heuristics, I argue contrariwise that (1) Glade growth (proliferation of contained species) substitutes for Glade reproduction in the evolution of complex adaptation, (2) Glade-level properties favoring persistence species richness, dispersal, divergence, and possibly intraclade cooperation are not collapsible into species-level traits, (3) such properties can be maintained by selection on clades, and (4) Glade selection extends the explanatory power of the theory of evolution.