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Genetic Constraints on Adaptive Evolution

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Volker Loeschcke

    1. Institute of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

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Table of contents (10 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction: Genetic Constraints on Adaptive Evolution and the Evolution of Genetic Constraints

    • V. Loeschcke
    Pages 1-2

  3. A Quantitative Genetic Perspective on Adaptive Evolution

    • J. S. F. Barker, R. H. Thomas
    Pages 3-23

  4. Genetic Correlations: The Quantitative Genetics of Evolutionary Constraints

    • A. G. Clark
    Pages 25-45

  5. Genetic Constraints on the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity

    • S. Via
    Pages 47-71

  6. Reflections on the Genetics of Quantitative Traits with Continuous Environmental Variation

    • A. J. van Noordwijk, M. Gebhardt
    Pages 73-90

  7. Three Approaches to Trade-Offs in Life-History Evolution

    • M. R. Rose, P. M. Service, E. W. Hutchinson
    Pages 91-105

  8. Pleiotropy in Dynamical Parameters of Models on the Evolution of Simple Phenotypes

    • F. B. Christiansen
    Pages 107-124

  9. Constraints in Selection Response

    • W. Scharloo
    Pages 125-149

  10. Nonrandom Patterns of Mutation are Reflected in Evolutionary Divergence and May Cause Some of the Unusual Patterns Observed in Sequences

    • G. B. Golding
    Pages 151-172

  11. Genetic Constraints on Plant Adaptive Evolution

    • B. A. Schaal, W. J. Leverich
    Pages 173-184

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 185-188
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Ecology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Volker Loeschcke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Genetic Constraints on Adaptive Evolution

  • Editors: Volker Loeschcke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72770-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-72772-6Published: 16 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-72770-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 188

  • Topics: Cell Biology, Zoology, Plant Sciences, Microbiology

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