The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology

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The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology Editors: Ryan Calsbeek, Erik Svensson Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Oxford University Press
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Pages: 338 Illustrations and other contents: Numerous illustrations, plus a 2 page colour plate section Language: English ISBN: 9780199595372 Categories: , , , , ,

The ‘Adaptive Landscape’ has been a central concept in population genetics and evolutionary biology since this powerful metaphor was first formulated by Sewall Wright in 1932. Eighty years later, it has become a central framework in evolutionary quantitative genetics, selection studies in natural populations, and in studies of ecological speciation and adaptive radiations. Recently, the simple concept of adaptive landscapes in two dimensions (genes or traits) has been criticized and several new and more sophisticated versions of the original adaptive landscape evolutionary model have been developed in response. No published volume has yet critically discussed the past, present state, and future prospect of the adaptive landscape in evolutionary biology. This volume brings together prominent historians of science, philosophers, ecologists, and evolutionary biologists, with the aim of discussing the state of the art of the Adaptive Landscape from several different perspectives.

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The editors have done an excellent job of bringing together many outstanding contributors and diverse content. This makes clear how the landscape has been important to the development of a wide array of subdisciplines. As such, this is an excellent starting point for graduate students or a source book for professionals. * TREE 2013 *