Evolution: Essays in Honour of John Maynard Smith

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Summary

This wide-ranging volume contains a collection of new and original essays, all inspired by Maynard Smith's writings.

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Population Genetics and Evolution Theory
Population genetics
Somatic mutations as an evolutionary force
The flow of genes through a genetic barrier
Intraspecific resource competition as a cause of sympatric speciation
Darwinian evolution in ecosystems: the Red Queen view
Game theory and animal behaviour
Behavioural structure and the evolution of cooperation
Adaptations, Constraints and Patterns of Evolution
Evolutionary ecology and
The evolution of senescence
Germination strategies
When plants play the field
Homage to the null weasel
Asymmetric contests in social mammals: respect, manipulation and age-specific aspects
Functions of communal care in mammals
the Evolutionary Ecology of Sex
Recombination and sex: is Maynard Smith necessary?
Birth sex ratios and the reproductive success of sons and daughters
Distribution of dioecy and self-incompatibility in angiosperms
Natural selection and the evolutionary ecology of sex allocation
The evolution of sexual size dimorphism in birds and mammals: a 'hot-blooded' hypothesis
Leks and the unanimity of female choice
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