Significant advances in several areas of evolutionary biology have provided a wealth of new knowledge about the factors responsible for evolutionary change, prompting a debate about whether a renewed theoretical synthesis is required. This lecture will present the principal arguments in support of one of the proposals for a reformed theoretical framework, the extended evolutionary synthesis. Whereas the standard theory and its various amendments concentrate on genetic variation in populations, the extended framework emphasizes the role of constructive processes, causal reciprocity, and systems dynamics in the evolution of organismal complexity. I will discuss the principal components, logical structure, and specific predictions of the extended synthesis concept. Gerd B. Müller is Professor and Head of the
Department of Theoretical Biology at the University of Vienna (Austria). He is the President of the
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (KLI). For more information on this seminar please click
here.During his stay in Bordeaux Gerd Müller will be available for individual discussions. PhD students, postdocs, researchers or other persons interested in a meeting with Gerd Müller can leave their name and email address
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