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Re: Adaptation
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Greg Butler <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Nov 2023 13:58:25 -0400
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<...actually more complicated than that>

Not here to sell books, but a recent offering explores the limits and liabilities of natural selection and how evolution can favor the odd balls, the uneconomical, the out-of-date, and the inefficient.  In a nutshell, predators usually lose and parasites usually win.  It's a great read with a nice bibliography.


Dobson, A.P. (2023) Flaws of nature : the limits and liabilities of natural selection / Andy Dobson. Cheltenham : Flint.

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