Population Genetics and Population Thinking: Mathematics and the Role of the Individual.

Ernst Mayr has criticised the methodology of population genetics for being essentialist: interested only in "types" as opposed to individuals. In fact, he goes so far as to claim that "he who does not understand the uniqueness of individuals is unable to understand the working of natural selection"...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 71; no. 5; pp. 1189 - 1201
Main Author:	Morrison, Margaret
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Dec2004
Subjects:	Population genetics Essentialism (Sexuality) Natural selection Biological evolution Methodology Mathematics
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