Hugo Hoenigsberg
Published: March 06, 2002
Genet. Mol. Res. 1 (1) : 39-50

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H. Hoenigsberg (2002). The future of selection: individuality, the twin legacies of Lamarck & Darwin. Genet. Mol. Res. 1(1): 39-50.

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Hugo Hoenigsberg

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Hugo Hoenigsberg
Email: hoenisbe@www.umb.edu.co

I discuss two modern developments in evolution that will take part in future studies of selection:
The different levels of biological hierarchy – genes, chromosomes, cells, species and communities – are different survival entities that require different heritable variations in fitness in order to function as units of selection in the evolutionary process. These entities have retained to varying degrees some of their primordial lower-level identity, where selfish survival of genes was instrumental to better and multiply their type. Read more…

Key words: Future selection, Lamarck & Darwin legacies, Evolution, Immune system, Somatic selection.