Gaia and natural selection

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jul 1998 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 394, pages 439-447 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: T M, Lenton;

doi: 10.1038/28792

pmid: 9697767

Gaia and natural selection

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Abstract

Evidence indicates that the Earth self-regulates at a state that is tolerated by life, but why should the organisms that leave the most descendants be the ones that contribute to regulating their planetary environment? The evolving Gaia theory focuses on the feedback mechanisms, stemming from naturally selected traits of organisms, that could generate such self-regulation.

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University of East Anglia
United Kingdom

Keywords

Extraterrestrial Environment, Earth, Planet, Environment, Biological Evolution, Models, Biological, Feedback, Exobiology, Phytoplankton, Selection, Genetic, Evolution, Planetary, Ecosystem

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