Maladaptation: Natural Selection in the Wrong Direction?
Author:   Philip G. Madgwick
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192870469


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 July 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Philip G. Madgwick
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.582kg
ISBN:  

9780192870469


ISBN 10:   0192870467
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   25 July 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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1: Making room for maladaptation 2: Natural selection through genetics 3: Population ecology of natural selection 4: Maladaptation in social behaviour 5: Maladaptation within the body 6: Maladaptive transitions in complexity 7: Deep origins of maladaptation 8: Revisiting the design argument Appendix: A simple mathematical model of maladaptation Bibliography Index

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Philip G. Madgwick has a PhD from the University of Bath on social evolution, preceded by a First Class degree in the Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford, with First Class supplementary honours in the History and Philosophy of Science. He was a post-doctoral researcher at Syngenta, UK, funded by the IVCC, working on insecticide resistance management in vector control, before becoming a research scientist at Syngenta, working in the broad areas of the evolution, ecology and genetics of insect control. Philip remains academically active through publications, collaborations and learned societies.

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