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 42
... facts : the fact of sexual reproduction and crossing - over , and the fact of individual mortality . These facts are undeniably true . But this does not stop us asking why they are true . Why do we and most other survival machines ...
... facts : the fact of sexual reproduction and crossing - over , and the fact of individual mortality . These facts are undeniably true . But this does not stop us asking why they are true . Why do we and most other survival machines ...
Pagina 92
... fact that genes are selected for mutual compatibility does not necessarily mean we have to think of groups of genes as being selected as units , as they were in the case of the butterflies . Selection at the low level of the single gene ...
... fact that genes are selected for mutual compatibility does not necessarily mean we have to think of groups of genes as being selected as units , as they were in the case of the butterflies . Selection at the low level of the single gene ...
Pagina 96
... fact that he does altruistic acts . A gene could prosper in the gene pool if it ' said ' the equivalent of : ' Body , if A is drowning as a result of trying to save someone else from drowning , jump in and rescue A. ' The reason such a ...
... fact that he does altruistic acts . A gene could prosper in the gene pool if it ' said ' the equivalent of : ' Body , if A is drowning as a result of trying to save someone else from drowning , jump in and rescue A. ' The reason such a ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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