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The debate over the relative importance of natural selection as compared to other forces affecting the evolution of organisms is a long-standing and central controversy in evolutionary biology. The theory of adaptationism argues that natural selection contains sufficient explanatory power in itself to account for all evolution. However, there are differing views about the efficiency of the adaptation model of explanation. If the adaptationism theory is applied, are energy and resources being used to their optimum? This book presents an up-to-date view of this controversy and reflects the dramatic changes in our understanding of evolution that have occurred in the last twenty years. The volume combines contributions from biologists and philosophers, and offers a systematic treatment of foundational, conceptual, and methodological issues surrounding the theory of adaptationism. The essays examine recent developments in topics such as phylogenetic analysis, the theory of optimality and ess models, and methods of testing models.

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Contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
A Likelihood Framework for the Phylogenetic Analysis of Adaptation	p. 24
Adaptation, Phylogenetic Inertia, and the Method of Controlled Comparisons	p. 45
Optimality and Phylogeny: A Critique of Current Thought	p. 64
Fit of Form and Function, Diversity of Life, and Procession of Life as an Evolutionary Game	p. 114
Optimality and Evolutionary Stability under Short-Term and Long-Term Selection	p. 161
Selective Regime and Fig Wasp Sex Ratios: Toward Sorting Rigor from Pseudo-Rigor in Tests of Adaptation	p. 191
Is Optimality Over the Hill? The Fitness Landscapes of Idealized Organisms	p. 219
Adaptation, Optimality, and the Meaning of Phenotypic Variation in Natural Populations	p. 242
Adaptationism, Optimality Models, and Tests of Adaptive Scenarios	p. 273
Adaptation and Development: On the Lack of Common Ground	p. 303
Three Kinds of Adaptationism	p. 335
Adaptation, Adaptationism, and Optimality	p. 358
Index	p. 389
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