TY - JOUR
T1 - A straw man on a dead horse
T2 - Studying adaptation then and now
AU - Zuk, Marlene
PY - 2002/8/1
Y1 - 2002/8/1
N2 - Although Gould and Lewontin's (1979) paper stimulated an extraordinary response, the current study of adaptation is - and should be - more than a defense against their criticisms. Adaptations are studied by biologists in new and exciting ways, including experimental manipulations of populations in the field and laboratory, comparative analyses of taxa with known evolutionary relationships, and quantitative genetics. These techniques go beyond ascertaining whether or not a trait is an adaptation.
AB - Although Gould and Lewontin's (1979) paper stimulated an extraordinary response, the current study of adaptation is - and should be - more than a defense against their criticisms. Adaptations are studied by biologists in new and exciting ways, including experimental manipulations of populations in the field and laboratory, comparative analyses of taxa with known evolutionary relationships, and quantitative genetics. These techniques go beyond ascertaining whether or not a trait is an adaptation.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X02520094
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X02520094
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:0037674396
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 25
SP - 533
EP - 534
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 4
ER -