Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements
- ISBN-10
- 0674029119
- ISBN-13
- 9780674029118
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 612
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-06-30
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Authors
- Austin Burt, Robert Trivers
Description
Covering all species from yeast to humans, this is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements that act narrowly to advance their own replication at the expense of the larger organism.
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- 2006
- 602 pages
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- Harvard University Press
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