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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Pagina 159
... male mice secrete a chemical which when smelt by a preg- nant female can cause her to abort . She only aborts if the smell is different from that of her former mate . In this way a male mouse destroys his potential step - children , and ...
... male mice secrete a chemical which when smelt by a preg- nant female can cause her to abort . She only aborts if the smell is different from that of her former mate . In this way a male mouse destroys his potential step - children , and ...
Pagina 162
... males who have deserted their wives , then it could pay a male to desert his wife , no matter how much he has already invested in her chil- dren . Much therefore depends on how the majority of females behave . If we were allowed to ...
... males who have deserted their wives , then it could pay a male to desert his wife , no matter how much he has already invested in her chil- dren . Much therefore depends on how the majority of females behave . If we were allowed to ...
Pagina 168
... male still has time to vanish , thereby forcing the female into Trivers's ' cruel bind ' . The male is inevitably provided with an opportunity to take the prior decision to desert , closing the female's options , and forcing her to ...
... male still has time to vanish , thereby forcing the female into Trivers's ' cruel bind ' . The male is inevitably provided with an opportunity to take the prior decision to desert , closing the female's options , and forcing her to ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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