Perspective: A critique of Sewall Wright's shifting balance theory of evolution

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 643-671

  Coyne, Jerry A ^a   Barton, Nicholas H ^b   Turelli, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Genetic drift; Natural selection; Peak shift; Population structure; Shifting balance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; SHIFTING BALANCE THEORY;

EID: 0030844574     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03650.x     Document Type: Review

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