I am not an evolutionary biologist, but I appreciated the humor of the Metro's piece and thought that, if their interpretation of the paper was correct "... their experiment could undermine the idea that sexual selection is purely a selfish process...", the underlying research was big news. =20
=20 For what its worth:=20 http://www.metroactive.com/metro/11.08.06/work-0645.html =20 Here is a direct link to that paper:=20 http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=3Dget-document&doi=3D10= .13 71%2Fjournal.pbio.0040356 =20 I must admit I did not read the manuscript...=20 =20 After reviewing a bit on Dawkin's book:=20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Selfish_Gene I wonder if this new research makes genes even more selfish? =20 David =20
