E. O. Wilson and Unit of selection

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Difference between E. O. Wilson and Unit of selection

E. O. Wilson vs. Unit of selection

Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929), usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author. A unit of selection is a biological entity within the hierarchy of biological organization (for example, an entity such as: a self-replicating molecule, a gene, a cell, an organism, a group, or a species) that is subject to natural selection.

Similarities between E. O. Wilson and Unit of selection

E. O. Wilson and Unit of selection have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Epigenetics, Group selection, Kin selection, Richard Lewontin, Species, Stephen Jay Gould.

Epigenetics

Epigenetics is the study of heritable changes in gene function that do not involve changes in the DNA sequence.

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Group selection

Group selection is a proposed mechanism of evolution in which natural selection acts at the level of the group, instead of at the more conventional level of the individual.

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Kin selection

Kin selection is the evolutionary strategy that favours the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction.

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Richard Lewontin

Richard Charles "Dick" Lewontin (born March 29, 1929) is an American evolutionary biologist, mathematician, geneticist, and social commentator.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Stephen Jay Gould

Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science.

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E. O. Wilson and Unit of selection Comparison

E. O. Wilson has 175 relations, while Unit of selection has 52. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 2.64% = 6 / (175 + 52).

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