In evolution, most genes survive and spread within populations
because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close
relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some genes spread in spite
of being harmful to the host organism--by distorting their own
transmission to the next generation, or by changing how the host
behaves toward relatives. As a consequence, different genes in a
single organism can have diametrically opposed interests and
adaptations.
Covering all species from yeast to humans, "Genes in Conflict"
is the first book to tell the story of selfish genetic elements,
those continually appearing stretches of DNA that act narrowly to
advance their own replication at the expense of the larger
organism. As Austin Burt and Robert Trivers show, these selfish
genes are a universal feature of life with pervasive effects,
including numerous counter-adaptations. Their spread has created a
whole world of socio-genetic interactions within individuals,
usually completely hidden from sight.
"Genes in Conflict" introduces the subject of selfish genetic
elements in all its aspects, from molecular and genetic to
behavioral and evolutionary. Burt and Trivers give us access for
the first time to a crucial area of research--now developing at an
explosive rate--that is cohering as a unitary whole, with its own
logic and interconnected questions, a subject certain to be of
enduring importance to our understanding of genetics and
evolution.
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