Synopsis
This book was first published in 2004. Unraveling the origin of biodiversity is fundamental for understanding our biosphere. This book clarifies how adaptive processes, rather than geographic isolation, can cause speciation. Adaptive speciation occurs when biological interactions induce disruptive selection and the evolution of assortative mating, thus triggering the splitting of lineages. Internationally recognized leaders in the field explain exciting developments in modeling speciation, together with celebrated examples of rapid speciation by natural selection. Written for students and researchers in biology, physics, and mathematics, this book is a groundbreaking treatment of modern speciation science.
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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 fur Genetik, at the Universitat zu Koln in Germany.
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