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 127
... seems an awkward example for the selfish gene theory to explain . Why don't the outcasts try , try , and try again to oust a territory holder , until they drop from exhaustion ? They would seem to have nothing to lose . But wait ...
... seems an awkward example for the selfish gene theory to explain . Why don't the outcasts try , try , and try again to oust a territory holder , until they drop from exhaustion ? They would seem to have nothing to lose . But wait ...
Pagina 144
... seems to be a fact that swallows ' nests are not normally parasitized by cuckoos . Perhaps this is why . According to this theory , the mag- pie eggs of the experiment would be incidentally getting the same treatment , perhaps because ...
... seems to be a fact that swallows ' nests are not normally parasitized by cuckoos . Perhaps this is why . According to this theory , the mag- pie eggs of the experiment would be incidentally getting the same treatment , perhaps because ...
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... seem to take active steps to preserve fellow members of the group from predators . Bird alarm calls spring to mind ... seems , at least at first sight , to be altruistic , because it has the effect of calling the predator's attention ...
... seem to take active steps to preserve fellow members of the group from predators . Bird alarm calls spring to mind ... seems , at least at first sight , to be altruistic , because it has the effect of calling the predator's attention ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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