Niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change

The niche construction concept has triggered much controversy related to its tensions with the natural selection concept and with its potential role as an updated version of the “adaptation” concept. Empirical data are providing evidence of certain explanatory weaknesses in the dominant evolutionary...

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Autor principal: Dressino, Vicente
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/111199
http://www.ludus-vitalis.org/ojs/index.php/ludus/article/view/775
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topic Biología
Evolution
Adaptation
Extra-genetic adaptation
Phenotypic plasticity
Niche construction
Evolutionary explanatory mechanisms
spellingShingle Biología
Evolution
Adaptation
Extra-genetic adaptation
Phenotypic plasticity
Niche construction
Evolutionary explanatory mechanisms
Dressino, Vicente
Niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change
topic_facet Biología
Evolution
Adaptation
Extra-genetic adaptation
Phenotypic plasticity
Niche construction
Evolutionary explanatory mechanisms
description The niche construction concept has triggered much controversy related to its tensions with the natural selection concept and with its potential role as an updated version of the “adaptation” concept. Empirical data are providing evidence of certain explanatory weaknesses in the dominant evolutionary theory. The contributions of extra-genetic adaptation studies, together with epigenetic research ones, are shaping a new scenario in evolutionary explanations. The aim of this work is to analyze the interrelation between niche construction, extra-genetic adaptation and phenotypic plasticity as evolutionary explanatory mechanisms. In this respect, this work may act as a bridge between classical approaches of evolutionary theory and as an alternative perspective based on the reversibility of extra-genetic or physiological inheritance.
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author Dressino, Vicente
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title Niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change
title_short Niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change
title_full Niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change
title_fullStr Niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change
title_full_unstemmed Niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change
title_sort niche construction and extra-genetic adaptation: their roles as mechanisms in evolutionary change
publishDate 2018
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/111199
http://www.ludus-vitalis.org/ojs/index.php/ludus/article/view/775
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