Books written by John Maynard Smith
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The Major Transitions in Evolution
In Tooby & Cosmides's (1990) phrase, the genome may as well store the vocabulary in the 'cultural environment'. Piatelli-Palmarini (1989) raised a different objection: since grammar contains many arbitrary elements, ...
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Animal Signals
Why are animal signals reliable? This is the central problem for evolutionary biologists interested in signals. Of course, not all signals are reliable; but most are, otherwise receivers of signals would ignore them.
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Shaping Life: Genes, Embryos, and Evolution
In this book, John Maynard Smith gives an account of the progress that has been made in this field -- in our knowledge of both the development of individuals and the evolution of the species.
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The Theory of Evolution
A century ago Darwin and Wallace explained how evolution could have happened in terms of processes known to take place today. This book describes how their theory has been confirmed, but at the same time "transformed", by recent research.
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The Evolution of Sex
Kidwell , M.G. ( 1972a ) . Genetic changes of recombination value in Drosophila melanogaster . I. Artificial selection for high and low recombination and some properties of recombination - modifying genes . Genetics 70 : 419-432 .
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The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language
In this fascinating book, John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary present an original picture of evolution.
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The Major Transitions in Evolution
This is the first book to discuss all of these major transitions.
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Evolution and the Theory of Games
This 1982 book is an account of an alternative way of thinking about evolution and the theory of games.
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The Major Transitions in Evolution
This is the first book to discuss all of these major transitions.
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Organizational Constraints on the Dynamics of Evolution
There indications of threshold reactions , nor of constraints to change the fourth vein to completeness . I found then that a new ci allele was involved ( ciDG ) , in which the relation between factors that change vein length , either ...
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Did Darwin Get It Right?: Essays on Games, Sex and Evolution
Now in paperback, Did Darwin Get It Right discusses some of the hottest issues in biology today.
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Did Darwin Get It Right?: Essays on Games, Sex and Evolution
Now in paperback, Did Darwin Get It Right discusses some of the hottest issues in biology today.
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Games, Sex and Evolution
Games, Sex and Evolution
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The Origins of Life: From the Birth of Life to the Origin of Language
In this fascinating book, John Maynard Smith and Eors Szathmary present an original picture of evolution.
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Evolutionary Genetics
Authored by an internationally prominent figure in the field, Evolutionary Genetics unites the molecular and population approaches to evolution to show how population genetics can be applied to real biological...
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New Uses for New Phylogenies
This volume shows for the first time how those trees, or phylogenies, can be used to answer questions about population dynamics, epidemiology, development, biodiversity, conservation, and the evolution of genetic systems.
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The Evolution of Adaptation by Natural Selection: A Royal Society Discussion Meeting
The Evolution of Adaptation by Natural Selection: A Royal Society Discussion Meeting