The Selfish GeneOxford University Press, 1978 - 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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... individual selection ' , although I personally prefer to speak of gene selection . The quick answer of the ' individual selectionist ' to the argument just put might go something like this . Even in the group of altruists , there will ...
... individual selection ' , although I personally prefer to speak of gene selection . The quick answer of the ' individual selectionist ' to the argument just put might go something like this . Even in the group of altruists , there will ...
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... individual recognition is involved . In these cases , memory of past fights is specific rather than general . Crickets do not recognize each other as individuals , but hens and monkeys do . If you are a monkey , a monkey who has beaten ...
... individual recognition is involved . In these cases , memory of past fights is specific rather than general . Crickets do not recognize each other as individuals , but hens and monkeys do . If you are a monkey , a monkey who has beaten ...
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... individual can still take steps to minimize its chance of being the nearest to a predator . We can picture each prey individual as being surrounded by a ' domain of danger ' . This is defined as that area of ground in which any point is ...
... individual can still take steps to minimize its chance of being the nearest to a predator . We can picture each prey individual as being surrounded by a ' domain of danger ' . This is defined as that area of ground in which any point is ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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