کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8400637 1544467 2017 73 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Ecological extension of the theory of evolution by natural selection from a perspective of Western and Eastern holistic philosophy
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
ترویج اکولوژیکی تئوری تکامل با انتخاب طبیعی از دیدگاه فلسفه جامعۀ غربی و شرقی
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی بیوفیزیک
چکیده انگلیسی
Evolution by natural selection requires the following conditions: (1) a particular selective environment; (2) variation of traits in the population; (3) differential survival/reproduction among the types of organisms; and (4) heritable traits. However, the traditional (standard) model does not clearly explain how and why these conditions are generated or determined. What generates a selective environment? What generates new types? How does a certain type replace, or coexist with, others? In this paper, based on the holistic philosophy of Western and Eastern traditions, I focus on the ecosystem as a higher-level system and generator of conditions that induce the evolution of component populations; I also aim to identify the ecosystem processes that generate those conditions. In particular, I employ what I call the scientific principle of dependent-arising (SDA), which is tailored for scientific use and is based on Buddhism principle called “pratÄ«tya-samutpāda” in Sanskrit. The SDA principle asserts that there exists a higher-level system, or entity, which includes a focal process of a system as a part within it; this determines or generates the conditions required for the focal process to work in a particular way. I conclude that the ecosystem generates (1) selective environments for component species through ecosystem dynamics; (2) new genetic types through lateral gene transfer, hybridization, and symbiogenesis among the component species of the ecosystem; (3) mechanistic processes of replacement of an old type with a new one. The results of this study indicate that the ecological extension of the theoretical model of adaptive evolution is required for better understanding of adaptive evolution.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology - Volume 131, December 2017, Pages 298-311
نویسندگان
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