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Pillars of Evolution - Fundamental principles of the eco-evolutionary process (Paperback, New)
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Pillars of Evolution - Fundamental principles of the eco-evolutionary process (Paperback, New)
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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 that challenges traditional
approaches.
The book begins by leading readers through the mechanics of
heredity, reproduction, movement, survival, and development. With
that framework in place, it then explores 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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