The Selfish Gene was a pop science masterpiece of a bygone age. Now we need to build a new public understanding of evolution that puts the selfish gene in its place, ...

Also relevant is another idea in The Selfish Gene known as kin selection. It suggests that not only is our ultimate drive to spread the genes contained within our bodies, ...

Mars, Stephen Hawking and the Selfish Gene: Why Humans Are Programmed to Self-Destruct Wherever We Go. Published May 27, 2017 at 8:22 AM EDT Updated Jun 01, 2017 at 9:16 AM EDT.

Selfish gene that skews sex ratio in fruit flies has unique self-limiting mechanism. Story by Shafaq Zia • 21m. W hen a species reproduces, typically, ...

However, the selfish gene theory is commonly expressed in a scientific short-hand as "DNA wants to replicate itself." But I wondered if this is really what DNA wants," Dr. Meredith explains.

Instead of doing some body sculpting, the gene sup-35 doses the eggs with a toxin that will kill them after fertilization, two postdocs in the Kruglyak lab discovered. The toxin gene doesn’t ...

Selfish gene acts as both poison and antidote to eliminate competition Date: June 20, 2017 Source: Stowers Institute for Medical Research Summary: An unprecedented genetic survival strategy has ...

Are human beings fundamentally good or fundamentally bad? Are people mostly generous, or are they mostly selfish? Over the centuries, many of our leading lights have taken the view that people are ...