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Academic & Professional Books  Evolutionary Biology  Evolution

Pillars of Evolution Fundamental Principles of the Eco-Evolutionary Process

By: Douglas W Morris and Per Lundberg
296 pages, 70 illus
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This book provides a fresh and provocative perspective on adaptive evolution. Readers new to the study of evolution will find a new insight that establishes evolutionary biology as a rigorous and predictive science, whilst practicing biologists will discover a book that challenges traditional approaches.

The authors lead the reader through the mechanics of heredity, reproduction, movement, survival, and development. With that framework in place, they then explore the numerous ways that traits emerge from the interactions between genetics, development, and the environment. The key message is that adaptive changes in traits (and their underlying allelic frequencies) evolve through the traits' functions and their connection with fitness.

The complex mappings from genes-to-traits-to-fitness are characterized in the structure of evolution. A single "structure matrix" describes why individuals vary in the values of adaptive traits, their ability to perform the function of those traits, and in the fitness they accrue. Fitness depends on how organisms interact with and perceive their environment in time and space. These relationships are made explicit in spatial, temporal, and organizational scale that also sets the stage for the crucially important role that ecology always plays in evolution.

The ecological hallmarks of density- and frequency-dependent interactions allow the authors to explore new and exciting insights into evolution's dynamics. The theories and principles are then brought together in a final synthesis on adaptation. The book's unique approach unites genetic, development, and environmental influences into a single comprehensive treatment of the eco-evolutionary process.

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Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mechanics; 3. Function; 4. Structure; 5. Scale; 6. Dynamics; 7. Adaptation; References; Index

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By: Douglas W Morris and Per Lundberg
296 pages, 70 illus
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