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The geometry of evolution : adaptive landscapes and theoretical morphospaces /

The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this 2006 book is to demonstrate to t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McGhee, George R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The concept of the adaptive landscape
  • Modelling natural selection in adaptive landscapes
  • Modelling evolutionary phenomena in adaptive landscapes
  • The concept of the theoretical morphospace
  • Analysing the role of adaptive evolution in theoretical morphospaces
  • Analysing evolutionary phenomena in theoretical morphospaces
  • Evolutionary constraint in theoretical morphospace
  • Evolutionary development in theoretical morphospace
  • There is much to be done.