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The developmental renaissance in adaptationism.

Trends in ecology & evolution - 1 May 2012

Olson Mark E

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From an adaptation perspective, unoccupied patches of morphological space are inferred to be empty because they are of low fitness and selected against. These inferences hinge on venturesome assumptions, because emptiness is explained by low fitness and low fitness is inferred from emptiness. Moreover, non-adaptive factors, such as developmental constraint, could also plausibly account for empty morphospace. In...

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PMID: 22326724
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.12.005

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