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Formalizing the gene centered view of evolution

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  • Yaneer Bar-Yam

    (New England Complex Systems Institute, 24 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge MA, USA;
    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA)

Abstract

A historical dispute in the conceptual underpinnings of evolution is the validity of the gene centered view of evolution (Dawkins, 1989; Sober and Lewontin, 1982). We transcend this debate by formalizing the gene centered view as a dynamic version of the mean field approximation. This establishes the conditions under which it is applicable and when it is not. In particular, it breaks down for trait divergence which corresponds to symmetry breaking in evolving populations.

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  • Yaneer Bar-Yam, 1999. "Formalizing the gene centered view of evolution," Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 2(03), pages 277-281.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:acsxxx:v:02:y:1999:i:03:n:s021952599900014x
    DOI: 10.1142/S021952599900014X
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