TY - CHAP
T1 - Theoretical approaches to the evolution of development and genetic architecture
AU - Rice, Sean H.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - Developmental evolutionary biology has, in the past decade, started to move beyond simply adapting traditional population and quantitative genetics models and has begun to develop mathematical approaches that are designed specifically to study the evolution of complex, nonadditive systems. This article first reviews some of these methods, discussing their strengths and shortcomings. The article then considers some of the principal questions to which these theoretical methods have been applied, including the evolution of canalization, modularity, and developmental associations between traits. I briefly discuss the kinds of data that could be used to test and apply the theories, as well as some consequences for other approaches to phenotypic evolution of discoveries from theoretical studies of developmental evolution.
AB - Developmental evolutionary biology has, in the past decade, started to move beyond simply adapting traditional population and quantitative genetics models and has begun to develop mathematical approaches that are designed specifically to study the evolution of complex, nonadditive systems. This article first reviews some of these methods, discussing their strengths and shortcomings. The article then considers some of the principal questions to which these theoretical methods have been applied, including the evolution of canalization, modularity, and developmental associations between traits. I briefly discuss the kinds of data that could be used to test and apply the theories, as well as some consequences for other approaches to phenotypic evolution of discoveries from theoretical studies of developmental evolution.
KW - Canalization
KW - Evolution of development
KW - Evolutionary theory
KW - Genetic architecture
KW - Modularity
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=45249113538&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1196/annals.1438.002
DO - 10.1196/annals.1438.002
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 18559816
AN - SCOPUS:45249113538
SN - 9781573317245
T3 - Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
SP - 67
EP - 86
BT - The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008
PB - Blackwell Publishing Inc.
ER -