virus: Outlaw Genes

Reed Konsler (konsler@ascat.harvard.edu)
Tue, 4 Feb 1997 18:05:48 -0500


"Imagine genes interacting rather like memes: this is like... woo, IS there a
genetic equivalent of lying?" ---Dave Pape

Depends on you definition of lie. Chapter 8 of Richard Dawkin's "The
Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene" is entitled "Outlaws and
Modifiers" and discussed what Dawkin's believes we should take as examples
of genetic deception.

Reed

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