Bouchard, édéric. <br/><br/>
From Groups to Individuals :  Evolution and Emerging Individuality. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (289 pages) 
 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Series ;  v.16 .
 - Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I ORGANISMS AND INDIVIDUALITY -- 1 Darwinian Individuals -- 2 Defining the Individual -- 3 Species and Organisms: What Are the Problems? -- 4 Immunity and the Emergence of Individuality -- II ADAPTATION AND COMPLEX INDIVIDUALS -- 5 Adaptation of Individuals and Groups -- 6 The Unit of Adaptation, the Emergence of Individuality, and the Loss of Evolutionary Sovereignty -- 7 Adaptations in Transitions: How to Make Sense of Adaptation When Beneficiaries Emerge Simultaneously with Benefits? -- III GROUPS AND COLLECTIVES AS INDIVIDUALS -- 8 Groups, Individuals, and the Emergence of Sociality: The Case of Division of Labor -- 9 Colonies Are Individuals: Revisiting the Superorganism Revival -- 10 Superorganisms and Superindividuality: The Emergence of Individuality in a Social Insect Assemblage -- 11 What Is a Symbiotic Superindividual and How Do You Measure Its Fitness? -- Contributors -- Index. 
<br/><br/> The biological and philosophical implications of the emergence of new collective individuals from associations of living beings. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780262313445 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Adaptation (Biology).
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH331.F885 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>570.1