We can measure the adaptiveness by the value of adaptive landscape.
Wright's metaphor of an adaptive landscape provides a framework for considering the adaptation and divergence of populations [ 5, 32].
Fig. 2 Adaptive landscape model for population genetics (from Wright 1932).
Fig. 1 A three-dimensional depiction of an adaptive landscape with peaks and valleys.
Wright (especially Wright 1932) quickly extended his use of the adaptive landscape imagery beginning to see the peaks on his adaptive landscape occupied by entire subgroups of a species: what Wright eventually called "demes," or local breeding populations.
But of the several problems with Dobzhansky's use of the metaphor of the adaptive landscape, one deserves special attention.
The "adaptive landscape" of so humble a class of so small objects as points may be remarkably complex.
In conclusion, we advance the hypothesis that humans have evolved on a rugged adaptive landscape, at least for body height.
We analytically construct adaptive landscape.
And the adaptive landscape is U-shape.
We analytically construct the adaptive landscape.
