Adaptive Speciation

by Ulf Dieckmann (Editor), Michael Doebeli (Editor), Johan A. J. Metz (Editor), Diethard Tautz (Editor)

Overview

Adaptive speciation occurs when biological interactions induce disruptive selection and the evolution of assortative mating, thus triggering the splitting of lineages. Internationally recognized authorities explain exciting developments in modeling speciation, including celebrated examples of rapid speciation by natural selection. The text is geared toward students and researchers in biology, physics, and mathematics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107404182
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/19/2012
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Adaptive Dynamics , #3
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

ULF DIECKMANN is Project Coordinator of the Adaptive Dynamics Network at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria.

MICHAEL DOEBELI works in the Departments of Mathematics and Zoology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

JOHAN A.J. METZ is Professor of Mathematical Biology at the Institute of Evolutionary and Ecological Sciences at Leiden University.

DIETHARD TAUTZ is at the Institut für Genetik, at the Universität zu Köln in Germany.

Table of Contents

Contributing authors; Acknowledgments; Notational standards; 1. Introduction Ulf Dieckmann, Johan A. J. Metz, Michael Doebeli and Diethard Tautz; 2. Speciation in historical perspective Will Provine; Part I. Theories of Speciation: Introduction to Part I; 3. Genetic theories of sympatric speciation Tadesusz J. Kawecki; 4. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: ecological underpinnings Stefan A. H. Geritz, Éva Kisdi, Géza Meszéna and Johan A. J. Metz; 5. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: sexual populations Ulf Dieckmann and Michael Doebeli; 6. Genetic theories of allopatric and parapatric speciation Sergey Gavrilets; 7. Adaptive dynamics of speciation: spatial structure Michael Doebeli and Ulf Dieckmann; Part II. Ecological Mechanisms of Speciation: Introduction to Part II; 8. Speciation and radiation in African haplochromine cichlids Jacques J. M. van Alphen, Ole Seehausen and Frietson Galis; 9. Natural selection and ecological speciation in sticklebacks Howard D. Rundle and Dolph Schluter; 10. Adaptive speciation in northern freshwater fishes Sigurður S. Snorrason and Skúli Skúlason; 11. Sympatric speciation in insects Guy L. Bush and Roger K. Butlin; 12. Adaptive speciation in agricultural pests Martijn Egas, Maurice W. Sabelis, Filipa Vala and Iza Lesna; 13. Ecological speciation in flowering plants Nickolas M. Waser and Diane R. Campbell; 14. Experiments on adaptation and divergence in bacterial populations Michael Travisano; Part III. Patterns of Speciation: Introduction to Part III; 15. Phylogeography and patterns of incipient speciation Diethard Tautz; 16. Evolutionary diversification of Caribbean anolis lizards J. B. Losos, R. S. Thorpe, A. Malhotra, A. Stenson and J. T. Reardon; 17. Adaptive radiation of African montane plants Eric B. Knox; 18. Diversity and speciation of semionotid fishes in Mesozoic rift lakes Amy R. McCune; 19. Epilogue Ulf Dieckmann, Diethard Tautz, Michael Doebeli and Johan A. J. Metz; References; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"In the pile of recent speciation books that sit on the researcher's desk, this volume will be well worn with handwritten notes in the margins. Expect to highlight ideas for new directions in research, scribble exclamation points where known systems have been stretched thin to accommodate new ideas, and renew the appreciation for the importance of frequency-dependent selection." The Quarterly Review of Biology, Frank A. von Hippel

"...the utility of this book is great. It provides an overview of speciation theory from several points of view and provides summaries of some of the best empirical research programs on speciation." - Ecoscience, Patrik Nosil, Simon Fraser University

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