Description: Matthew H. Nitecki and Antoni Hoffman: Introduction: Neutral Models as a Biological StrategyPART I: Molecular and Genetic Models1. James F. Crow, University of Wisconsin: Neutral Models in Molecular Evolution2. William C. Wimsatt, University of Chicago: False Models as Means to Truer Theories3. Stuart A. Kauffman, University of Pennsylvania: Self Organization, Selective Adaptation, and Its Limits: A New Pattern of Inference in Evolution and DevelopmentPART II: Ecological Models4. L.B. Slobodkin, State University of New York at Stony Brook: How to be Objective in Community Studies5. Paul H. Harvey, University of Oxford: On the Use of Null Hypotheses in BiogeographyPART III: Paleontological Models6. David M. Raup, University of Chicago: Neutral Models in Paleobiology7. Antoni Hoffman, Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences: Neutral Model of Taxonomic Diversification in the Phanerozoic: A Methodological Discussion8. Stephen M. Stigler, University of Chicago: Testing Hypotheses or Fitting Models: Another Look at Mass Extinctions

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