How Long to Read Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution

How Long Does it Take to Read Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution by Arlin Stoltzfus

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

What does it mean to say that mutation is random? How does mutation influence evolution? Are mutations merely the raw material for selection to shape adaptations? The author draws on a detailed knowledge of mutational mechanisms to argue that the randomness doctrine is best understood, not as a fact-based conclusion, but as the premise of a neo-Darwinian research program focused on selection. The successes of this research program created a blind spot - in mathematical models and verbal theories of causation - that has stymied efforts to re-think the role of variation. However, recent theoretical and empirical work shows that mutational biases can and do influence the course of evolution, including adaptive evolution, through a first come, first served mechanism. This thought-provoking book cuts through the conceptual tangle at the intersection of mutation, randomness, and evolution, offering a fresh, far-reaching, and testable view of the role of variation as a dispositional evolutionary factor. The arguments will be accessible to philosophers and historians with a serious interest in evolution, as well as to researchers and advanced students of evolution focused on molecules, microbes, evo-devo, and population genetics.

How long is Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution?

Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution by Arlin Stoltzfus is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution aloud.

What Reading Level is Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution?

Mutation, Randomness, and Evolution is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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