The Selfish GeneThis nontechnical description of modern genetics is based on the insight that replicating structures have a built-in drive for self-preservation. A fascinating and provocative popular account. |
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Rowing fast corresponds to building a body which is successful at surviving. The
wind is the external environment. The pool of alternative candidates is the gene
pool. As far as the survival of any one body is concerned, all its genes are in the ...
Rowing fast corresponds to building a body which is successful at surviving. The
wind is the external environment. The pool of alternative candidates is the gene
pool. As far as the survival of any one body is concerned, all its genes are in the ...
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In whichever of the two sorts of body it finds itself, we can expect a gene to make
the best use of the opportunities offered by that sort of body. These opportunities
may well differ according to whether the body is male or female. As a convenient
...
In whichever of the two sorts of body it finds itself, we can expect a gene to make
the best use of the opportunities offered by that sort of body. These opportunities
may well differ according to whether the body is male or female. As a convenient
...
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It means that a gene which finds itself in a queen's body can propagate itself best
if that body invests equally in reproductive sons and daughters. But the same
gene finding itself in a worker's body can propagate itself best by making the ...
It means that a gene which finds itself in a queen's body can propagate itself best
if that body invests equally in reproductive sons and daughters. But the same
gene finding itself in a worker's body can propagate itself best by making the ...
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Inhoudsopgave
Why are people? | 1 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
The gene machine | 49 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Selfish Gene Oxford Paperbacks |
| Auteur | Richard Dawkins |
| Editie | herdruk |
| Uitgever | Oxford University Press, 1978 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 6 feb 2015 |
| ISBN | 0195200004, 9780195200003 |
| Lengte | 224 pagina's |
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