Book

Table of contents

Fitness Landscapes and the Origin of Species. Princeton University Press, 2004.

Front matter

  • Preface
  • Mathematical symbols
  • Common abbreviations

Part I. Fitness landscapes

  • Introduction
  • Fitness landscapes
  • Steps toward speciation on rugged fitness landscapes
  • Nearly neutral networks and holey fitness landscapes

Part II. The Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller model

  • Speciation in the BDM model
  • Multidimensional generalizations of the BDM model
  • Spatial patterns in the BDM model

Part III. Speciation via disruptive natural selection and nonrandom mating

  • Maintenance of genetic variation under disruptive natural selection
  • Evolution of nonrandom mating
  • Interaction of disruptive selection and nonrandom mating
  • General conclusions

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