The Adaptive Landscape in Evolutionary Biology
Erik Svensson and Ryan Calsbeek
Abstract
This book aims to present different voices and perspectives on the adaptive landscape, its past, present, and future position in evolutionary biology. Chapters have been written by scientists in different fields, including ecology, evolution, developmental biology, genetics, history of science and philosophy. The idea for this book came a few years ago, as the 80-year anniversary of Sewall Wright's classic paper was approaching rapidly (2012). This seemed to be an excellent opportunity to summarize the state of the art of the adaptive landscape. The hope is that this volume won't mark the end ... More
This book aims to present different voices and perspectives on the adaptive landscape, its past, present, and future position in evolutionary biology. Chapters have been written by scientists in different fields, including ecology, evolution, developmental biology, genetics, history of science and philosophy. The idea for this book came a few years ago, as the 80-year anniversary of Sewall Wright's classic paper was approaching rapidly (2012). This seemed to be an excellent opportunity to summarize the state of the art of the adaptive landscape. The hope is that this volume won't mark the end of the scientific discussions about the adaptive landscape, but rather a new beginning. And finally, it is hoped that if the adaptive landscape will not survive another 80 years, it will hopefully be replaced by an even better concept or metaphor that will push evolutionary biology forward and increase knowledge about adaptation, speciation, and the origins and preservation of biodiversity on this fragile planet.
Keywords:
adaptation,
fitness,
Fisher,
fitness surface,
selection gradients,
speciation,
Wright
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2013 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199595372 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: December 2013 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199595372.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Erik Svensson, editor
Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden
Ryan Calsbeek, editor
Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, USA
More
Less
