?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%2F4950%2F&rft.title=The+Dynamics+of+Adaptation+and+Evolutionary+Branching&rft.creator=Geritz%2C+S.A.H.&rft.creator=Metz%2C+J.A.J.&rft.creator=Kisdi%2C+E.&rft.creator=Meszena%2C+G.&rft.description=We+present+a+formal+framework+for+modeling+evolutionary+dynamics+with+special+emphasis+on+the+generation+of+diversity+through+branching+of+the+evolutionary+tree.+Fitness+is+defined+as+the+long+term+growth+rate+which+is+influenced+by+the+biotic+environment+leading+to+frequency-dependent+selection.+Evolution+can+be+described+as+a+dynamics+in+space+with+variable+number+of+dimensions+corresponding+to+the+number+of+different+types+present.+The+dynamics+within+a+subspace+is+governed+by+the+local+fitness+gradient.+Entering+a+higher+dimensional+subspace+is+possible+only+at+a+particular+type+of+attractors+where+the+population+undergoes+evolutionary+branching.&rft.publisher=WP-96-077&rft.date=1996-07&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4950%2F1%2FWP-96-077.pdf&rft.identifier=++Geritz%2C+S.A.H.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1281.html%3E%2C+Metz%2C+J.A.J.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F206.html%3E%2C+Kisdi%2C+E.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F1375.html%3E%2C+%26+Meszena%2C+G.++(1996).++The+Dynamics+of+Adaptation+and+Evolutionary+Branching.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-96-077+++++