Fitness landscapes and the origin of species (MPB-41) / Sergey Gavrilets.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gavrilets, Sergey, author.

Series:

Monographs in Population Biology ; 41

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Models, Genetic.

Genetics, Population.

Biological Evolution.

Population biology.

Species diversity.

Population genetics--Mathematical models.

Population genetics.

Evolution (Biology)--Mathematical models.

Evolution (Biology).

Species--Mathematical models.

Species.

Medical Subjects:

Models, Genetic.

Genetics, Population.

Biological Evolution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (497 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The origin of species has fascinated both biologists and the general public since the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species in 1859. Significant progress in understanding the process was achieved in the "modern synthesis," when Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and others reconciled Mendelian genetics with Darwin's natural selection. Although evolutionary biologists have developed significant new theory and data about speciation in the years since the modern synthesis, this book represents the first systematic attempt to summarize and generalize what mathematical models tell us about the dynamics of speciation. Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species presents both an overview of the forty years of previous theoretical research and the author's new results. Sergey Gavrilets uses a unified framework based on the notion of fitness landscapes introduced by Sewall Wright in 1932, generalizing this notion to explore the consequences of the huge dimensionality of fitness landscapes that correspond to biological systems. In contrast to previous theoretical work, which was based largely on numerical simulations, Gavrilets develops simple mathematical models that allow for analytical investigation and clear interpretation in biological terms. Covering controversial topics, including sympatric speciation and the effects of sexual conflict on speciation, this book builds for the first time a general, quantitative theory for the origin of species.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Mathematical Symbols

Common Abbreviations

Chapter One. Introduction

Part I. Fitness Landscapes

Chapter Two. Fitness Landscapes

Chapter Three. Steps toward Speciation on Rugged Fitness Landscapes

Chapter Four. Nearly Neutral Networks and Holey Fitness Landscapes

Part II. The Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller Model

Chapter Five. Speciation in the Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller Model

Chapter Six. Multidimensional Generalizations of the BDM Model

Chapter Seven. Spatial Patterns in the BDM Model

Part III. Speciation Via the Joint Action of Disruptive Natural Selection and Nonrandom Mating

Chapter Eight. Maintenance of Genetic Variation under Disruptive Natural Selection

Chapter Nine. Evolution of Nonrandom Mating and Fertilization

Chapter Ten. Interaction of Disruptive Selection and Nonrandom Mating

Chapter Eleven. General Conclusions

References

Index

Monographs in Population Biology / Levin, Simon A. / Horn, Henry S.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-456) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 15. Jun 2019)

ISBN:

9780691187051

0691187053

OCLC:

1132223264