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Genetic Constraints on Adaptive Evolution

Volker Loeschcke (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 188 Seiten

2011 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1987
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-72772-6 (ISBN)

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Genetic constraints on adaptive evolution can be understood as those genetic aspects that prevent or reduce the potential for natural selection to result in the most direct ascent of the mean phenotype to an optimum. The contributions to this volume emphasize how genetic aspects in the transmission of traits constrain adaptive evolution. Approaches span from quantitative, population, ecological to molecular genetics. Much attention is devoted to genetic correlations, to the maintenance of quantitative genetic variation, and to the intimate relation between genetics, ecology, and evolution. This volume addresses all evolutionary biologists and explains why they should be wary of evolutionary concepts that base arguments purely on phenotypic characteristics.

Introduction: Genetic Constraints on Adaptive Evolution and the Evolution of Genetic Constraints.- 1 A Quantitative Genetic Perspective on Adaptive Evolution.- 2 Genetic Correlations: The Quantitative Genetics of Evolutionary Constraints.- 3 Genetic Constraints on the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity.- 4 Reflections on the Genetics of Quantitative Traits with Continuous Environmental Variation.- 5 Three Approaches to Trade-Offs in Life-History Evolution.- 6 Pleiotropy in Dynamical Parameters of Models on the Evolution of Simple Phenotypes.- 7 Constraints in Selection Response.- 8 Nonrandom Patterns of Mutation are Reflected in Evolutionary Divergence and May Cause Some of the Unusual Patterns Observed in Sequences.- 9 Genetic Constraints on Plant Adaptive Evolution.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.12.2011
Zusatzinfo	IX, 188 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	361 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Mikrobiologie / Immunologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie
Schlagworte	Ecology • Evolution • Genetics • molecular genetics • Mutation • Phenotype • Plant
ISBN-10	3-642-72772-7 / 3642727727
ISBN-13	978-3-642-72772-6 / 9783642727726
Zustand	Neuware