The Selfish GeneOxford University Press, 1976 - 224 pagina's As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. |
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Pagina 199
... cheats will always do better than suckers . For instance , consider the case when the population consists of 50 per cent suckers and 50 per cent cheats . The average pay - off for both suckers and cheats will be less than that for any ...
... cheats will always do better than suckers . For instance , consider the case when the population consists of 50 per cent suckers and 50 per cent cheats . The average pay - off for both suckers and cheats will be less than that for any ...
Pagina 201
... cheats ' expense . Steadily their population rise gathers momen- tum . It accelerates steeply , the cheat population ... cheats are driven out of existence , and the grudgers are left in sole possession . Paradox- ically , the presence ...
... cheats ' expense . Steadily their population rise gathers momen- tum . It accelerates steeply , the cheat population ... cheats are driven out of existence , and the grudgers are left in sole possession . Paradox- ically , the presence ...
Pagina 202
... cheat , instead of pulling off a parasite , bites a chunk out of the large fish's fin and beats a hasty retreat . But in spite of the cheats , the relationship between fish cleaners and their clients is mainly amicable and stable . The ...
... cheat , instead of pulling off a parasite , bites a chunk out of the large fish's fin and beats a hasty retreat . But in spite of the cheats , the relationship between fish cleaners and their clients is mainly amicable and stable . The ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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advantage alleles altruism altruistic behaviour ancestors animals ants argument average pay-off baby bees behave benefit birds body brain brothers and sisters chance chapter cheats child chromosome cistron complex copies copulate cost crossing-over cuckoo Darwin doves eggs evolution evolutionarily stable strategy evolutionary evolve example expect exploit father favour female fights gene pool genetic unit grudgers happen hawk hawks and doves human idea individual kin selection kind large number less living look male mate Maynard Smith means meme meme pool molecules mother natural selection nest offspring paradoxical parental investment particular pattern population possible predators predict primeval soup queen rearing reason reciprocal altruism relatedness replicators reproduction risk rival selfish gene theory sense sex ratio sexual share simple simulation social insects soup species sperms suckers suppose survival machines tend territory things tion Trivers W. D. Hamilton workers Wynne-Edwards young