Pagel, Mark D.

Evolutionary arms races [electronic resource] / Mark Pagel. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2007. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (39 min.) : color, sound). - Evolution and medicine : how new applications advance research and practice, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Evolution and medicine. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames.

Contents: Arms races and evolutionary arms races -- What are they and how are they defined -- Features of arms races -- Who wins?: the Red Queen and the life-dinner principle -- Common arms races in nature -- Predators and prey, sexual selection, parent offspring conflict and host-parasite coevolution -- HIV evolution, parent-infant resemblance in humans and genomic imprinting.

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1519 Henry Stewart Talks


Coevolution.
Evolution (Biology)
Evolutionary genetics.
Host-parasite relationships.
Human evolution.
Natural selection.
Adaptive Immunity.
Biological Evolution.
Food Chain.
Genetic Fitness.
Genomic Imprinting.
Host-Pathogen Interactions.
Models, Theoretical.
Selection, Genetic.
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