NDLI: Learning, evolvability and exploratory behaviour: extending the evolutionary reach of learning

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Author	Brown, Rachael L.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Traditional accounts of the role of learning in evolution have concentrated upon its capacity as a source of fitness to individuals. In this paper I use a case study from invasive species biology—the role of conditioned taste aversion in mitigating the impact of cane toads on the native species of Northern Australia—to highlight a role for learning beyond this—as a source of evolvability to populations. This has two benefits. First, it highlights an otherwise under-appreciated role for learning in evolution that does not rely on social learning as an inheritance channel nor “special” evolutionary processes such as genetic accommodation (both of which many are skeptical about). Second, and more significantly, it makes clear important and interesting parallels between learning and exploratory behaviour in development. These parallels motivate the applicability of results from existing research into learning and learning evolution to our understanding the evolution of evolvability more generally.
Starting Page	933
Ending Page	955
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01693867
Journal	Biology & Philosophy
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15728404
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-08-03
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Evolvability Learning Plasticity Behaviour Facilitated variation Philosophy of Biology Evolutionary Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Agricultural and Biological Sciences History and Philosophy of Science

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