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concept:internal-factors-in-evolutionInternal Factors in Evolution
The idea that the geometry and dynamics of genetic material itself contributes directional ordering to evolution, beyond external Darwinian selective pressure
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- Lancelot Law WhyteintroducesCited for a 1960 theory that internal molecular interactions in chromosomes contribute directional ordering to evolution
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- The standard evolutionary framework based on selective advantage of step-wise mutations, which Alexander argues is insufficient alone to explain global geometric order in organisms
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- Fitness Landscapeassociated_withKauffman's concept of the coupling between an evolving genotype and its fitness landscape as generating internal ordering tendencies in evolution
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