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 84
... suppose that residents have an advantage over intruders , an ESS depending on the asymmetry itself would be likely to evolve . A simple analogy is to humans who settle a dispute quickly and without fuss by tossing a coin . The ...
... suppose that residents have an advantage over intruders , an ESS depending on the asymmetry itself would be likely to evolve . A simple analogy is to humans who settle a dispute quickly and without fuss by tossing a coin . The ...
Pagina 155
... suppose that such genes , favouring unequal sex ratios , exist , are any of them likely to become more numerous in the gene pool than their rival alleles , which favour an equal sex ratio ? Suppose that in the elephant seals mentioned ...
... suppose that such genes , favouring unequal sex ratios , exist , are any of them likely to become more numerous in the gene pool than their rival alleles , which favour an equal sex ratio ? Suppose that in the elephant seals mentioned ...
Pagina 199
... suppose a cheat arises in the population . Being the only cheat , he can count on being groomed by everybody else , but he pays nothing in return . His average pay - off is better than the average for a sucker . Cheat genes will ...
... suppose a cheat arises in the population . Being the only cheat , he can count on being groomed by everybody else , but he pays nothing in return . His average pay - off is better than the average for a sucker . Cheat genes will ...
Inhoudsopgave
Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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