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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQH371.3.M37 _bM34 2007
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100	1		_aMcGhee, George R., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe geometry of evolution : _badaptive landscapes and theoretical morphospaces / _cGeorge R. McGhee, Jr.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2007.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 200 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
505	0		_aThe concept of the adaptive landscape -- Modelling natural selection in adaptive landscapes -- Modelling evolutionary phenomena in adaptive landscapes -- The concept of the theoretical morphospace -- Analysing the role of adaptive evolution in theoretical morphospaces -- Analysing evolutionary phenomena in theoretical morphospaces -- Evolutionary constraint in theoretical morphospace -- Evolutionary development in theoretical morphospace -- There is much to be done.
520			_aThe 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.
650		0	_aEvolution (Biology) _xMathematical models.
650		0	_aAdaptation (Biology) _xMathematical models.
650		0	_aMorphology _xMathematical models.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521849425
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511618369
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