The difference between selection and drift: A reply to Millstein

被引：41

作者：

Brandon, RN ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Duke Univ, Dept Biol, Durham, NC 27708 USA

[2] Duke Univ, Dept Philosophy, Durham, NC 27708 USA

来源：

BIOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY | 2005年 / 20卷 / 01期

关键词：

drift; fitness; indeterminism; natural selection; selective homogeneity and heterogeneity;

D O I：

10.1007/s10539-004-1070-9

中图分类号：

N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];

学科分类号：

01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;

摘要：

Millstein [Bio. Philos. 17 (2002) 33] correctly identifies a serious problem with the view that natural selection and random drift are not conceptually distinct. She offers a solution to this problem purely in terms of differences between the processes of selection and drift. I show that this solution does not work, that it leaves the vast majority of real biological cases uncategorized. However, I do think there is a solution to the problem she raises, and I offer it here. My solution depends on solving the biological analogue of the reference class problem in probability theory and on the reality of individual fitnesses.

引用

页码：153 / 170

页数：18

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