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A formal theory of the selfish gene.

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Aug 2011

Gardner A, Welch J J

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Adaptation is conventionally regarded as occurring at the level of the individual organism. In contrast, the theory of the selfish gene proposes that it is more correct to view adaptation as occurring at the level of the gene. This view has received much popular attention, yet has enjoyed only limited uptake in the primary research literature. Indeed, the idea of ascribing goals and strategies to genes has been...

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PMID: 21605218
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02310.x

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