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Pillars of Evolution.
Pillars of Evolution provides a fresh and provocative perspective on adaptive evolution. Readers new to the study of evolution will find a refreshing new insight that establishes evolutionary biology as a rigorous and predictive science, whilst practicing biologists will discover a provocative book...
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Oxford :
OUP Oxford,
2011.
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Table des matières:
- Cover; Contents; 1. Introduction; Why study evolution?; The map of evolution; Pillars of evolution; 2. Mechanics; Overview; Introduction: the scale of mechanism; Random change; Systematic change; Quantitative inheritance: a full understanding of mechanics must include an assessment of polygenic traits; Interactions among genes and traits: trade-offs and constraints shackle adaptive evolution; Plasticity: malleable responses are adaptive solutions to varying environments.
- A challenge to the genetical theory of adaptive evolution: can developmental and behavioural plasticity force genes to follow traits?Mechanics of population growth and decline; The limits of mechanics: mechanics, though essential, is an insufficient explanation for evolution; Reflection; 3. Function; Overview; Introduction: where traits meet the environment; The fitness-mapping function; Fitness sets and the fitness-generating function; The adaptive function; Mappings; Multiple traits; Optimal trait values; Reflection; 4. Structure; Overview; Introduction: mapping traits onto fitness.
- Traits and functionTraits, states, and strategies; Optimization; Constraints and reinforcement; Structure at different scales; The structure matrix; Where traits fail to map onto function; Reflection; 5. Scale; Overview; Introduction: backward-looking adaptation; Shortcuts in modelling evolution; Size and allometry; Grain: how the scale of environment influences evolution; Multi-level adaptation; Prescriptions: avoiding the fallacies of simplicity and complexity; Reflection; 6. Dynamics; Overview; Introduction; Growth and decline; Density dependence and demography.
- Adaptive dynamics and the G-functionThe adaptive landscape; Evolutionary branching; Red Queen dynamics; Spatial dynamics; Bet-hedging; Trophic interactions; Reflection; 7. Adaptation; Overview; Introduction: explanations for life; The possible, the ephemeral, and the feasible; Epiphenomena: where are the trees?; Maladaptation: lost expectations or promised success?; Reflection: the thread of evolution; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W.