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In this commentary, I briefly consider the idea raised by Svensson of source laws and consequence laws in evolutionary biology, and use it to review what we might consider to be the canonical processes of biological evolution, focusing in particular on recombination. I then ponder why we have always seen such a variety of evolutionary explanations competing to explain the biodiverse world around us.
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Shuker, D.M. (2023). It Is the Endless Forms, Stupid: A Commentary on Svensson. In: Dickins, T.E., Dickins, B.J. (eds) Evolutionary Biology: Contemporary and Historical Reflections Upon Core Theory. Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development, vol 6. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22028-9_12
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