Screen LibraryThe adaptive landscape in evolutionary biology /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 319 p., [2] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9780199595372 (hbk.) 0199595372 (hbk.) 9780199595389 (pbk.) : 0199595380 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | QH366 |
| CLC: | Q11 |
| Call Number: | Q11/A221 |
| Contents: |
A shifting terrain : a brief history of the adaptive landscape / Sewall Wright's adaptive landscape : philosophical reflections on heuristic value / Landscapes, surfaces, and morphospaces : what are they good for? / Wright's adaptive landscape versus Fisher's fundamental theorem / Wright's adaptive landscape : testing the predictions of his shifting balance theory / Wright's shifting balance theory and factors affecting the probability of peak shifts / Fluctuating selection and dynamic adaptive landscapes / The adaptive landscape in sexual selection research / Analyzing and comparing the geometry of individual fitness surfaces / Adaptive accuracy and adaptive landscapes / Empirical insights into adaptive landscapes from bacterial experimental evolution / How humans influence evolution on adaptive landscapes / Adaptive landscapes and macroevoluntary dynamics / Adaptive dynamics : a framework for modeling the long-term evolutionary dynamics of quantitative traits / Adaptive landscapes, evolution, and the fossil record / Mimicry, saltational evolution, and the crossing of fitness valleys / High-dimensional adaptive landscapes facilitate evolutionary innovation / Phenotype landscapes, adaptive landscapes, and the evolution of development / The past, the present, and the future of the adaptive landscape / |