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Lenkende und Limitierende Faktoren in der Evolution

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It is shown in a literature review, that in the Typostrophic Theory autonomous mechanisms in the organism are considered as the factors which play a decisive role in orienting and controlling the evolutionary process. Selection is a controlling factor of only minor importance. The Synthetic Theory, on the other side, says that phylogenetic changes are not random or controlled by “internal factors” but can always be considered as adaptive remodellings. They are achieved by selection acting on the variation within populations. Ecological, historical and “bautechnische” (fabricational) factors are considered as limiting mechanisms in the evolutionary process. They are discussed in detail in the text.

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In einer Literaturübersicht wird gezeigt, daß nach der Typostrophentheorie autonome Mechanismen im Organismus die entscheidenden Faktoren sind, die den Ablauf der Evolution steuern und kontrollieren. Die Selektion spielt als lenkender Faktor nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Nach der Synthetischen Evolutionstheorie dagegen verlaufen die phylogenetischen Veränderungen nicht zufällig oder durch interne Faktoren gelenkt, sondern sind stets adaptive Umkonstruierungen, die durch die Wirkung der Selektion auf die Variation innerhalb von Populationen erreicht werden. Ökologische, historische und bautechnische Faktoren werden als die Evolution limitierende Faktoren im Text näher diskutiert.

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Reif, W.E. Lenkende und Limitierende Faktoren in der Evolution. Acta Biotheor 24, 136–162 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01557001

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