George R. Jr. McGhee

The Geometry of Evolution

Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2006, this book demonstrates the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding evolution.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 321g
• ISBN-13: 9781107407497
• ISBN-10: 1107407494
• Artikelnr.: 36198790

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The concept of the adaptive landscape
2. Modelling natural selection in adaptive landscapes
3. Modelling evolutionary phenomena in adaptive landscapes
4. The concept of the theoretical morphospace
5. Analysing the role of adaptive evolution in theoretical morphospaces
6. Analysing evolutionary phenomena in theoretical morphospaces
7. Evolutionary constraint in theoretical morphospace
8. Evolutionary development in theoretical morphospace
9. There is much to be done ...
References
Index.