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Selection Levels Debate

Selection Levels Debate is a theoretical discourse within evolutionary biology that examines the hierarchical levels—such as genes, individuals, or groups—at which natural selection operates, distinguishing itself from related conceptual debates by focusing specifically on the unit of selection problem in adaptive evolution.

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4.3K

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27

Authors

18

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Publications per year

2017–2026

2

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Levels Of Selection Debate

Parents

Publications

29

The Units of Selection

Richard C Lewontin · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1970 · 1.9K citations

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Natural Selection: Domains, Levels, and Challenges

Mark Pagel, George C. Williams · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1994 · 651 citations

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Natural selection: domains, levels, and challenges

Choice Reviews Online · 1993 · 228 citations

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The Cambridge companion to the philosophy of biology

Choice Reviews Online · 2008 · 175 citations

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Levels of selection: An alternative to individualism in biology and the human sciences

David Sloan Wilson · Social Networks · 1989 · 154 citations

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Authors

27

  1. SO
    Samir Okasha

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 209 citations

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  2. SA
    Shaun Abbott

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    1 publications · 33 citations

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  3. CK
    C. Kenneth Waters

    University of Minnesota, United States

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  4. MP
    Mark Pagel

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 651 citations

    1

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  5. PF
    Patrick Forber

    Tufts University, United States

    1 publications · 38 citations

    1

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Institutions

18

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    187 citations

  2. Centre for Science and Environment

    New Delhi, India

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    61 citations

  3. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    166 citations

  4. University of Sussex

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    51 citations

  5. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    118 citations

  6. University of Minnesota System

    Minneapolis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  7. Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 597 citations

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  2. Philosophy of Science

    3 publications · 91 citations

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  3. Annals of Science

    2 publications · 101 citations

    2

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  4. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research

    PPR · 2 publications · 42 citations

    2

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  5. Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems

    1 publications · 10 citations

    1

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