Not Just a Theory—The Utility of Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Biology

Models have made numerous contributions to evolutionary biology, but misunderstandings persist regarding their purpose. By formally testing the logic of verbal hypotheses, proof-of-concept models clarify thinking, uncover hidden assumptions, and spur new directions of study. thumbnail image credit:...

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Autores principales: Servedio, Maria R., Brandvain, Yaniv, Dhole, Sumit, Fitzpatrick, Courtney L., Goldberg, Emma E., Stern, Caitlin A., Van Cleve, Jeremy, Yeh, D. Justin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260780/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25489940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002017
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author Servedio, Maria R.
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Dhole, Sumit
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spelling pubmed-42607802014-12-15 Not Just a Theory—The Utility of Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Biology Servedio, Maria R. Brandvain, Yaniv Dhole, Sumit Fitzpatrick, Courtney L. Goldberg, Emma E. Stern, Caitlin A. Van Cleve, Jeremy Yeh, D. Justin PLoS Biol Essay Models have made numerous contributions to evolutionary biology, but misunderstandings persist regarding their purpose. By formally testing the logic of verbal hypotheses, proof-of-concept models clarify thinking, uncover hidden assumptions, and spur new directions of study. thumbnail image credit: modified from the Biodiversity Heritage Library Public Library of Science 2014-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4260780/ /pubmed/25489940 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002017 Text en © 2014 Servedio et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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Fitzpatrick, Courtney L.
Goldberg, Emma E.
Stern, Caitlin A.
Van Cleve, Jeremy
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Not Just a Theory—The Utility of Mathematical Models in Evolutionary Biology
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002017
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