6.891 Computational Evolutionary Biology, Fall 2004

Why has it been easier to develop a vaccine to eliminate polio than to control influenza or AIDS? Has there been natural selection for a 'language gene'? Why are there no animals with wheels? When does 'maximizing fitness' lead to evolutionary extinction? How are sex and parasite...

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Main Author: Berwick, Robert
Language:en-US
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89823