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Genes in conflict : the biology of selfish genetic elements /
Covering species from yeast to humans, Genes in Conflict is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements, those continually appearing stretches of DNA that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism. As Austin Burt and Robert Trivers show, the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
[2006]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Covering species from yeast to humans, Genes in Conflict is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements, those continually appearing stretches of DNA that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism. As Austin Burt and Robert Trivers show, these selfish genes are a universal feature of life with pervasive effects, including numerous counter-adaptations. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 602 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-575) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780674029118 0674029119 |