The genial gene : deconstructing Darwinian selfishness /
Explores evidence that suggests whether selfishness and individuality are subjective biological traits, examining social behaviors that relate to sex, gender, and family, and discussing an alternative evolutionary theory called "social selection" that focuses on cooperation.
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : is nature selfish?
- pt. 1. Cooperation and teamwork
- Sexual selection defined
- The case against sexual selection
- Social selection defined
- pt. 2. The genetic system for sex
- The gene : recombination
- The cell : sperm and egg
- The body : male, female and hermaphrodite
- pt. 3. The social system for sex
- The behavioral tier
- The evolutionary tier
- Family harmony and discord
- Sharing offspring with neighbors
- Conclusion : social versus sexual selection.
