?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4913%2F&rft.title=Evolutionary+Singular+Strategies+and+the+Adaptive+Growth+and+Branching+of+the+Evolutionary+Tree&rft.creator=Geritz%2C+S.A.H.&rft.creator=Kisdi%2C+E.&rft.creator=Meszena%2C+G.&rft.creator=Metz%2C+J.A.J.&rft.description=We+present+a+general+framework+for+modeling+adaptive+traitdynamics+in+which+we+integrate+various+concepts+and+techniques+from+modern+ESS-theory.+The+concept+of+evolutionarily+singular+strategies+is+introduced+as+a+generalization+of+the+ESS-concept.+We+give+a+full+classification+of+the+singular+strategies+in+terms+of+ESS-stability%2C+convergence+stability%2C+the+ability+of+the+singular+strategy+to+invade+other+populations+if+initially+rare+itself%2C+and+the+possibility+of+protected+dimorphisms+occuring+within+the+singular+strategy's+neighborhood.+Of+particular+interest+is+a+type+of+singular+strategy+that+is+an+evolutionary+attractor+from+a+large+distance%2C+but+once+in+its+neighborhood+a+population+becomes+dimorphic+and+undergoes+disruptive+selection+leading+to+evolutionary+branching.+Modelling+the+adaptive+growth+and+branching+of+the+evolutionary+tree+thus+can+be+considered+as+a+major+application+of+the+framework.+A+haploid+version+of+Levene's+'soft+selection+model+is+developed+as+a+specific+example+in+order+to+demonstrate+evolutionary+dynamics+and+branching+in+monomorphic+and+polymorphic+populations.&rft.publisher=WP-96-114&rft.date=1996-09&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4913%2F1%2FWP-96-114.pdf&rft.identifier=++Geritz%2C+S.A.H.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1281.html%3E%2C+Kisdi%2C+E.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1375.html%3E%2C+Meszena%2C+G.%2C+%26+Metz%2C+J.A.J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F206.html%3E++(1996).++Evolutionary+Singular+Strategies+and+the+Adaptive+Growth+and+Branching+of+the+Evolutionary+Tree.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-114+++++