The Dual Landscape Model of Adaptation and Niche Construction

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ID10705462
AuthorsMark M Tanaka (0000-0003-2198-1402, The University of Sydney, corresponding author), Peter Godfrey-Smith, Peter Godfrey‐smith (0000-0003-1519-3661, The University of Sydney), Benjamin Kerr (0000-0002-9909-7070, The University of Sydney)
Year2020
Volume87
Issue3
Pages478-498
Publication date2020-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophy of Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8248 • E-ISSN: 1539-767X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/708692
OpenAlexW3007863837
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited38

Wright’s “adaptive landscape” has been influential in evolutionary thinking but controversial, especially because the landscape that organisms encounter is altered by the evolutionary process itself and the effects organisms have on their environments. Lewontin offered a mathematical heuristic describing the coupling of niche construction and adaptive evolution. Here, we propose a “dual landscape” model to view these relationships. Our model represents change as simultaneous movement on two landscapes, each a function of phenotype and environment. This model clarifies the evolutionary feedback generated by niche construction. We relate our model to Lewontin’s niche construction equations and illustrate it with three examples

Adaptation (eye) · Biology · Dual (grammatical number) · Ecological niche · Evolutionary biology · Fitness landscape · Function (biology) · Heuristic · Niche · Niche construction · Sociology · Wright · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Ecology · Evolution and Genetic Dynamics · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Gene Regulatory Network Analysis · Philosophy

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