Evolutionary Constraint and Ecological Consequences.¶
Futuyma, D. J. (2010). Evolutionary Constraint and Ecological Consequences. Evolution, 64(7), 1865-1884.
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- Premature Optimization
- And as an evolutionary analog, it is adaptive specialization to a niche that later disappears, leaving lineages stranded — premature optimization at evolutionary scale.
This sourceArgues that adaptive specialization constrains future evolvability, stranding lineages when conditions change.
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The abstract backs evolutionary constraint and repeated failures to adapt, but never says that specialization to a vanished niche strands lineages; it supports the frame, not the stated mechanism.
“One of the most important shifts in evolutionary biology in the past 50 years is an increased recognition of sluggish evolution and failures to adapt, which seem paradoxical in view of abundant genetic variation and many instances of rapid local adaptation.”
- And as an evolutionary analog, it is adaptive specialization to a niche that later disappears, leaving lineages stranded — premature optimization at evolutionary scale.
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