Witty, playful, and daring, this book will revolutionize our understanding of sexuality.

"I'm an evolutionary biologist and a Christian," states Stanford professor Joan Roughgarden at the outset of her groundbreaking new book, Evolution and Christian Faith: Reflections of an Evolutionary Biologist.

Does a "selfish gene" create universal sexual conflict? In The Genial Gene, Joan Roughgarden forcefully rejects these and other ideas that have come to dominate the study of animal evolution.

This book will be of interest to students and researchers--ecology and theoretical, tropical, and population biology.

This is a reprint of a classic which synthesizes population, genetics, and population genetics to form one of the first books on evolutionary ecology.

The author of this treatise uses the Anolis lizard to demonstrate the concept of ecology models - how ecological context supplies the natural selection that drives evolution and how evolutionary change among species in turn affects their ...

The book introduces the use of computer technology to ecological modeling through MATLAB. This allows all work to be verified and the skills transferred to other disciplines.

La distinguida bióloga evolutiva Joan Roughgarden desafía la sabiduría establecida sobre la identidad de género y la orientación sexual.

Contre cette image d’une guerre des sexes généralisée, Roughgarden propose une alternative qu’elle appelle « sélection sociale », mettant en avant le travail d’équipe et la coopération entre les partenaires.