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A SPATIALLY EXPLICIT STOCHASTIC MODEL DEMONSTRATES THE FEASIBILITY OF WRIGHT'S SHIFTING BALANCE THEORY
Author(s) -
Peck Steven L.,
Ellner Stephen P.,
Gould Fred
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
evolution
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.84
H-Index - 199
eISSN - 1558-5646
pISSN - 0014-3820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02260.x
Subject(s) - wright , biology , balance (ability) , set (abstract data type) , statistical physics , key (lock) , mathematical economics , evolutionary biology , econometrics , ecology , computer science , mathematics , physics , neuroscience , programming language
Recently there has been a resurgence of theoretical papers exploring Wright's Shifting Balance Theory (SBT) of evolution. The SBT explains how traits which must pass through an adaptive valley may evolve in substructured populations. It has been suggested that Phase III of the SBT (the spread of new advantageous traits through the populations) proceeds only under a very restricted set of conditions. We show that Phase III can proceed under a much broader set of conditions in models that properly incorporate a key feature of Wright's theory: local, random migration of discrete individuals.