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 79
... particular contest , an ESS can be achieved in which all individuals have the same probability of behaving like a hawk , namely in our particular example . In practice this would mean that each individual enters each contest having made ...
... particular contest , an ESS can be achieved in which all individuals have the same probability of behaving like a hawk , namely in our particular example . In practice this would mean that each individual enters each contest having made ...
Pagina 82
... particular occasion , that is , but averaging the true value of the resource . For example , suppose the resource is really worth five minutes of display . At the ESS , any particular individual may go on for more than five minutes or ...
... particular occasion , that is , but averaging the true value of the resource . For example , suppose the resource is really worth five minutes of display . At the ESS , any particular individual may go on for more than five minutes or ...
Pagina 98
... particular rare gene that I contain , and the chances are equally good that your sister contains a rare gene in common with you . The odds are in this case exactly 50 per cent , and it is easy to explain why . Suppose you contain one ...
... particular rare gene that I contain , and the chances are equally good that your sister contains a rare gene in common with you . The odds are in this case exactly 50 per cent , and it is easy to explain why . Suppose you contain one ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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