Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements by Austin Burt, Robert Trivers

Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements

Austin Burt, Robert Trivers

602 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
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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 distortin...

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