Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species

by Sergey Gavrilets

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069111983X
• ISBN13: 9780691119830
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"