The Selfish GeneAs 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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are competing in what Darwin called the struggle for existence, the individual
seems best regarded as a pawn in the game, to be sacrificed ... Therefore the
world becomes populated mainly by groups consisting of self-sacrificing
individuals.
are competing in what Darwin called the struggle for existence, the individual
seems best regarded as a pawn in the game, to be sacrificed ... Therefore the
world becomes populated mainly by groups consisting of self-sacrificing
individuals.
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Each cricket can be thought of as constantly updating his own estimate of his
fighting ability, relative to that of an average individual in his population. If
animals such as crickets, who work with a general memory of past fights, are kept
together ...
Each cricket can be thought of as constantly updating his own estimate of his
fighting ability, relative to that of an average individual in his population. If
animals such as crickets, who work with a general memory of past fights, are kept
together ...
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If the population gets too big, some individuals will not get territories, and
therefore will not breed. Winning a territory is therefore, to Wynne-Edwards, like
winning a ticket or licence to breed. Since there is a finite number of territories
available, ...
If the population gets too big, some individuals will not get territories, and
therefore will not breed. Winning a territory is therefore, to Wynne-Edwards, like
winning a ticket or licence to breed. Since there is a finite number of territories
available, ...
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actually advantage altruism animals apparently argument average baby bear become behaviour benefit better birds body brothers building called cells chance chapter cheats child chromosome close common contain copies cost cuckoo effect eggs equal evolution evolutionary evolve example existence expect fact father favour female fights gene pool genetic give half happen hawk human idea important individual interesting investment kind less living look male mate means meme molecules mother natural selection nest once original parents particular perhaps population possible predators probably ratio reason relatedness replicators reproduction rival seems selfish selfish gene sense sexual sexual reproduction share simple single sisters social species stable strategy successful suppose survival machines tend theory things tion true turn unit whole workers young