Could there be "species selection"?
Then we have the theory of species selection.
This species selection is analogous to natural selection between organisms.
Work has been done on species selection for stockpiling.
In species selection, whole species proliferate if they have attributes that lower the extinction rate.
He recognizes, however, that hypotheses about species selection are highly controverted in the scientific literature.
But again, I do not see that species selection follows from either punctuated equilibrium or the individuality of species.
See the Materials and Methods section for details on data binarization, species selection, and ordering of genes.
I have no problem with the three factual claims -- of punctuated equilibrium, of the individuality of species, and of species selection.
This matters to Gould because, he argues, it means that natural selection can operate on whole species, in a process called species selection.
Gould argues that punctuated equilibrium means that species are individuals and that the individuality of species enables species selection to operate.
