Evolutionary genetics is the study of how genetic variation leads to evolutionary change. In this 1982 book, the theory of games, first developed to analyse economic behaviour, is modified so that it can be applied to evolving populations. There are more than 1 million books that have been enjoyed by people from all over the world. Always update books hourly, if not looking, search in the book search column.
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The evolution of sex by maynard smith, john, 1920publication date 1978 topics evolution, population genetics, sex biology publisher. Maynard smiths father was a london surgeon, but died when john was 8 years old. Cambridge core evolutionary biology evolution and the theory of games by john. Publication date 1993 topics evolution biology publisher cambridge university press. Web of stories life stories of remarkable people 823 views 3. Maynard smith s father was a london surgeon, but died when john was 8 years old. With the recent explosion in the availability of whole genome sequence data, vast quantities of genetic data are being generated at an everincreasing pace with the result that programming has. A recent estimate of the maximum rate of evolution by natural selection may be too low, based as it is on a maxim that seems to be erroneous. There is an excellent bibliography of population genetics in crow and kimura 1970. If not, you will get their first page title, authors, abstract, etc. He was able to solve problems and then move on to new problems. He has also been the major influence on the direction of this field, which now pervades behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology. Maynard smith graduated 1941 from trinity college, cambridge, with an engineering degree.
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