Games of life : explorations in ecology, evolution and behaviour

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Games of life : explorations in ecology, evolution and behaviour

Karl Sigmund

(Penguin science)

Penguin, 1995

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Originally published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1993

Bibliography: p. [227]-237

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Takes an engaging journey through some of the most intriguing and fascinating areas of current biology, focusing on the application of game theory and mathematical modelling to our understanding of evolution, sex, animal behaviour and aggression.

Table of Contents

  • Mendel's legacy
  • self-replicating automata and artificial life
  • population ecology and chaos
  • random drift and chain reactions
  • population and genetics
  • evolution and sex
  • evolutionary game theory
  • reciprocity and the evolution of cooperation
  • playback.

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