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Microevolution and macroevolution are governed by the same processes
In Francisco José Ayala & Robert Arp, Contemporary debates in philosophy of biology. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 169–179 (2009)
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This chapter contains sections titled: The Bridgeless Gap? Species Selection The Macroevolution Dispute as a Biological Controversy Postscript: Counterpoint Acknowledgments References.Author's Profile
microevolution and macroevolution ‐ governed by same processes Goldschmidt 's The Material Basis of Evolution bridgeless gap between species Dobzhanksy's Genetics and the Origin of Species microevolution and macroevolution ‐ by same processes species selection species‐level property that is heritable species selection ‐ case for distinct and unique causal process in macroevolution
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