Feedback and Chaos in Darwinian Evolution

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  • Douglas S. Robertson
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Douglas S. Robertson is Adjunct Professor at the Department of Geological Sciences and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado; Michael C. Grant is Professor at the Department of E.P.O. Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. BY DOUGLAS S. ROBERTSON AND MICHAEL C. GRANT Feedback exists in selective Darwinian processes because the populations that are being altered by evolution to adapt to their environment are themselves significant components of their own adaptive environments [1-3]. This element of selection was first recognized by Darwin and has been investigated in several ways, most particularly as it relates to sexual selection [3]. However, the power and pervasiveness of feedback as a part of the selective change process has not been well appreciated. The fundamental idea of feedback can be expressed by a pair of deliberately symmetric statements [4]:

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تاریخ انتشار 1997