{"product_id":"pillars-of-evolution-douglas-w-morris-9780198568803","title":"Pillars of Evolution: Fundamental Principles of the Eco-Evolutionary Process","description":"\u003cem\u003ePillars of Evolution\u003c\/em\u003e provides a fresh and provocative perspective on adaptive evolution. Readers new to the study of evolution will find a refreshing new insight that establishes evolutionary biology as a rigorous and predictive science, whilst practicing biologists will discover a provocative book that challenges traditional approaches. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book begins by leading readers through the \u003cstrong\u003emechanics\u003c\/strong\u003e of heredity, reproduction, movement, survival, and development. With that framework in place, it then explores the numerous ways that traits emerge from the interactions between genetics, development, and the environment. The key message is that adaptive changes in traits (and their underlying allelic frequencies) evolve through the traits' \u003cstrong\u003efunctions\u003c\/strong\u003e and their connection with fitness. The complex mappings from genes-to-traits-to-fitness are characterized in the \u003cstrong\u003estructure\u003c\/strong\u003e of evolution. A single \"structure matrix\" describes why individuals vary in the values of adaptive traits, their ability to perform the function of those traits, and in the fitness they accrue. Fitness depends on how organisms interact with and perceive their environment in time and space. These relationships are made explicit in spatial, temporal, and organizational \u003cstrong\u003escale\u003c\/strong\u003e that also sets the stage for the crucially important role that ecology always plays in evolution. The ecological hallmarks of density- and frequency-dependent interactions allow the authors to explore new and exciting insights into evolution's \u003cstrong\u003edynamics\u003c\/strong\u003e. The theories and principles are then brought together in a final synthesis on \u003cstrong\u003eadaptation\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's unique approach unites genetic, development, and environmental influences into a single comprehensive treatment of the eco-evolutionary process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas W. Morris,Per Lundberg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198568800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198568803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.60d","brand":"Douglas W. Morris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424980680959,"sku":"9780198568803","price":86.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d45508db-7629-4f10-97cb-aabdfdcbd501.jpg?v=1761536175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pillars-of-evolution-douglas-w-morris-9780198568803","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}