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Hierarchical approach to replication and selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1999

Alexei A. Sharov
Alexei A. Sharov
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0319 sharov@vt.edu www.gypsymoth.ento.vt.edu/~sharov/alexei.html
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The major merit of Rose's book is the elaboration of the idea of multilevel causation in different explanatory languages. Yet Rose's critique of “ultra-Darwinism” is not convincing. Rose argues that activity and self-replication are properties of organisms rather than genes, which contradicts his idea of multilevel causation. Also, Rose fails to develop the concept of multilevel selection.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , October 1999 , pp. 905 - 906
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press