A dynamical theory of speciation on holey adaptive landscapes

American Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-22

  Gavrilets, Sergey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Holey adaptive landscapes; Mathematical models.; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

EID: 0032804774     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303217     Document Type: Article

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