Genes in Conflict: The Biology of Selfish Genetic Elements

by Robert Trivers and Austin Burt

Book Overview

Covering all species - from yeast to humans - this text illustrates 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674017137
• ISBN13: 9780674017139
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 602 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.8" x 9.5"