Selfish Gene

Dawkins, R. (1976). "The Selfish Gene." Oxford University Press, New York. 

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In addition there is the view, discussed in chapter vm. that altruistic motivations can be explained in terms of "selfish genes."... 

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Boomsma, J. J. and Franks, N. R. (2006). Social Insects From Selfish Genes to Self Organization and Beyond. Trends Ecol. Evol. 21, 303-308. 

Dawkins R (1976) The selfish gene. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK... 

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A search for remnants of an RNA world in extant extremophiles that are deeply rooted in the phylogenetic tree of life. They could include RNA genes that, unlike the common retrotransposons found in eukaryotes that are just selfish genes, may have some function in the cell. The search should also include viruses from hyperther-mophilic archaeans that have already been shown, in the study at Yellowstone, to be unlike anything that has been seen before and that have characteristics of all three domains of life. 

Dawkins, R. The Selfish Gene Oxford University Press New York, 1976 Chapter 11. 

The proper contrast, therefore, would seem to be between the consdous cooperative behaviour of which men are capable, and the mutual benefits that arise as unintended consequences of selfish behaviour (or "selffsh genes") among men as well as animals. 

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