Lexicon of Arguments

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I 105
Coincidence/Mayr: we call a certain mutation coincidental if it is not related to present needs of the organism and is otherwise unpredictable.
>Mutation, cf. >Necessity.
I 250
Coincidence/Mayr: dominates the variation
Necessity/Mayr: dominates in selection.
>Selection.
Selection: there is no "selective force"!
I 252
Selection: Bates' discovery of mimicry (1862)(1) in edible and poisonous butterflies: first proof of natural selection.
Benefit/Biology: what is the benefit of the emergence of a trait for survival: adaptionist program.
>Adaptation, >Benefit, >Emergence.


1. H.W. Bates (1862). Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley. In: Trans Linn. Soc. London 23. S. 495-566.

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