The society of genes /

"Nearly four decades ago Richard Dawkins published The Selfish Gene, famously reducing humans to 'survival machines' whose sole purpose was to preserve 'the selfish molecules known as genes.' How these selfish genes work together to construct the organism, however, remained...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Yanai, Itai, 1975- (Author), Lercher, Martin, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Bibel > Genesis
Genetics.
Genetics > Social aspects.
Genetics > Research.
Genetics
Genetic Phenomena
Sociological Factors
Génétique.
Génétique > Aspect social.
genetics.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Genetics & Genomics.
Mensch
Genom
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Evolving cancer in eight easy steps
  • How your enemies define you
  • What's the point of having sex?
  • The Clinton paradox
  • Promiscuous genes in a complex society
  • The chuman show
  • It's in the way that you use it
  • Theft, imitation, and the roots of innovation
  • A secret life in the shadows
  • Life's unwinnable war against freeloaders.

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