Driftability and niche construction.
Niche construction is the process of organisms changing themselves or their environment—or their relationship with their environment—in ways that affect the evolutionary trajectory of their population. These evolutionary trajectory changes are traditionally understood to be triggered by changes in s...
| Publicado en: | Synthese Vol. 204; no. 6; pp. 1 - 23 |
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Springer Nature
Dec2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=181184693&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 181184693 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00397857 4LI jtl: Synthese issn: 00397857 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2024 vid: 204 iid: 6 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 181184693 10.1007/s11229-024-04815-5 ppf: 1 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1MB tig: atl: Driftability and niche construction. aug: au: Fábregas-Tejeda, Alejandro Ramsey, Grant affil: https://ror.org/05f950310 Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium sug: keyword: Drift Driftability Evolutionary causation Niche construction Selection ab: Niche construction is the process of organisms changing themselves or their environment—or their relationship with their environment—in ways that affect the evolutionary trajectory of their population. These evolutionary trajectory changes are traditionally understood to be triggered by changes in selection pressures. Niche construction thus necessarily involves organisms altering selection pressures. In this paper, we argue that changes in selection pressures is not the only way organisms can influence the evolutionary futures of their population. We propose that organisms can also affect drift probabilities, and that such changes should be considered niche construction. Drift probabilities can be modulated by altering population size or by affecting driftability (individual variance in possible reproductive outcomes). We consider both and provide examples of how niche construction can stabilize, increase, or dampen drift probabilities. Finally, we revisit and broaden the traditional definition of niche construction. We hold that organismic activities that modify drift probabilities should count as niche construction, even if selection pressures remain unaltered. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Synthese is a copyright of Springer, 2024. All Rights Reserved. item: Synthese holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2024 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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