Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Likelihood Framework for the Phylogenetic Analysis of Adaptation
- 2 Adaptation, Phylogenetic Inertia, and the Method of Controlled Comparisons
- 3 Optimality and Phylogeny: A Critique of Current Thought
- 4 Fit of Form and Function, Diversity of Life, and Procession of Life as an Evolutionary Game
- 5 Optimality and Evolutionary Stability under Short-Term and Long-Term Selection
- 6 Selective Regime and Fig Wasp Sex Ratios: Toward Sorting Rigor from Pseudo-Rigor in Tests of Adaptation
- 7 Is Optimality Over the Hill? The Fitness Landscapes of Idealized Organisms
- 8 Adaptation, Optimality, and the Meaning of Phenotypic Variation in Natural Populations
- 9 Adaptationism, Optimality Models, and Tests of Adaptive Scenarios
- 10 Adaptation and Development: On the Lack of Common Ground
- 11 Three Kinds of Adaptationism
- 12 Adaptation, Adaptationism, and Optimality
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 January 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Likelihood Framework for the Phylogenetic Analysis of Adaptation
- 2 Adaptation, Phylogenetic Inertia, and the Method of Controlled Comparisons
- 3 Optimality and Phylogeny: A Critique of Current Thought
- 4 Fit of Form and Function, Diversity of Life, and Procession of Life as an Evolutionary Game
- 5 Optimality and Evolutionary Stability under Short-Term and Long-Term Selection
- 6 Selective Regime and Fig Wasp Sex Ratios: Toward Sorting Rigor from Pseudo-Rigor in Tests of Adaptation
- 7 Is Optimality Over the Hill? The Fitness Landscapes of Idealized Organisms
- 8 Adaptation, Optimality, and the Meaning of Phenotypic Variation in Natural Populations
- 9 Adaptationism, Optimality Models, and Tests of Adaptive Scenarios
- 10 Adaptation and Development: On the Lack of Common Ground
- 11 Three Kinds of Adaptationism
- 12 Adaptation, Adaptationism, and Optimality
- Index
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- Adaptationism and Optimality , pp. 389 - 404Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001