Maladaptation: Natural Selection in the Wrong Direction?
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2024
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- Title
- Maladaptation: Natural Selection in the Wrong Direction?
- Author
- Philip G Madgwick
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0192870467
- ISBN 13
- 9780192870469
Drawing upon wide-ranging examples from across the diversity of life, the evidence for maladaptations is critically appraised to establish its possibility, reality and importance to the design of living things. A theory of maladaptation is developed, as a corrective for a long-standing error in evolutionary biology. Examples of maladaptation are evaluated to identify the challenges and successes in applying the concept to organismal traits. The deeper causes and consequences of maladaptation are discussed to understand its far-reaching impact on the evolution of life on Earth - and beyond. Overall, the book persuasively argues that maladaptation is a paragon of the changes to evolutionary theory that are needed to understand the population biology of natural selection.
Maladaptation is written to be suitable for students taking courses in evolution, ecology and genetics, as well as professional researchers in these fields. Its accessible style will also appeal to a broader interdisciplinary audience, including any inquisitive reader with a general interest in science and the natural world.
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