The paths and patterns of the evolutionary process. Shmalgauzen I.I.

The attention of readers is proposed to the book of an outstanding Soviet biologist, the theoretician of evolutionary teaching, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences I. I. Shmalgauzen, dedicated to the orientation and patterns of evolution. Evolutionary factors, such as variability, struggle for existence, natural selection, isolation, individual adaptation, etc.; Various forms of evolution are described. The integrity of the body in changes in its ratios with the external environment is analyzed, the value of external and internal factors in determining the direction of evolution is determined. The phenomenon of adaptationomorphosis and its forms are examined, a typical sequence in the change in the phases of the evolutionary process is considered.

The book is recommended for biologists of various specialties, students and teachers of biological faculties of universities, as well as everyone who is interested in issues of evolutionary theory.