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Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
Genes in Conflict The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
Author: Austin Burt, Robert Trivers
In evolution, most genes survive and spread within populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some genes spread in spite of being harmful to the host organism?by distorting their own transmission to the next generation, or by changing how the host behaves toward relatives...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674027220
ISBN-10: 0674027221
Publication Date: 3/15/2008
Pages: 632
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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