The Geometry of Evolution: Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces - Couverture souple

McGhee, George

 
9781107407497: The Geometry of Evolution: Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1107407494 ISBN 13 : 9781107407497
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2012

Synopsis

The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this 2006 book is to demonstrate to the reader that the adaptive landscape concept can be put into actual analytical practice through the usage of theoretical morphospaces - geometric spaces of both existent and non-existent biological form - and to demonstrate the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding the process of evolution. The adaptive landscape concept further allows us to take a spatial approach to the concepts of natural selection, evolutionary constraint and evolutionary development. For that reason, this book relies heavily on spatial graphics to convey the concepts developed within these pages, and less so on formal mathematics.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The metaphor of the adaptive landscape - that evolution via the process of natural selection can be visualized as a journey across adaptive hills and valleys, mountains and ravines - permeates both evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science. The focus of this 2006 book is to demonstrate to the reader that the adaptive landscape concept can be put into actual analytical practice through the usage of theoretical morphospaces - geometric spaces of both existent and non-existent biological form - and to demonstrate the power of the adaptive landscape concept in understanding the process of evolution. The adaptive landscape concept further allows us to take a spatial approach to the concepts of natural selection, evolutionary constraint and evolutionary development. For that reason, this book relies heavily on spatial graphics to convey the concepts developed within these pages, and less so on formal mathematics.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: 'Theoretical morphology needs to become mainstream and find its purpose ... This book has established an extremely solid foundation ...' American Journal of Human Biology

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1107407494
ISBN 13 
9781107407497
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
214
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780521849425: The Geometry of Evolution: Adaptive Landscapes and Theoretical Morphospaces

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  052184942X ISBN 13 :  9780521849425
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006
Couverture rigide