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The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality is a book by psychologist and behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. Published on September 21, 2021, by Princeton University Press , the book argues that human genetic variation needs to be acknowledged in order to create ...
An improvement in the survival lottery for the group must improve that for the gene for sufficient replication to occur. Dawkins argues qualitatively that the lottery for the gene is based upon a very long and broad record of events, and group advantages are usually too specific, too brief, and too fortuitous to change the gene lottery:
Lottery competition in ecology is a model for how organisms compete. It was first used to describe competition in coral reef fish. [ 1 ] Under lottery competition, many offspring compete for a small number of sites (e.g., many fry competing for a few territories, or many seedlings competing for a few treefall gaps ).
The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection is a book by Ronald Fisher which combines Mendelian genetics with Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection, [1] with Fisher being the first to argue that "Mendelism therefore validates Darwinism" [2] and stating with regard to mutations that "The vast majority of large mutations are deleterious; small mutations are both far more frequent and more ...
The Powerball jackpot was the largest in history. "If I win, I'll probably take a vacation," said Charles Williams, a Powerball ticket buyer. "Lotteries are extremely old mechanisms of raising ...
In expected utility theory, a lottery is a discrete distribution of probability on a set of states of nature. The elements of a lottery correspond to the probabilities that each of the states of nature will occur, (e.g. Rain: 0.70, No Rain: 0.30). [ 1 ]
After unlocking the secrets of DNA, the Nobel prize-winning biochemist traded in his centrifuge for a life of wine, women, and surf. [From Esquire, 1994.]
Story at a glance Winning the lottery may increase a person’s life satisfaction and remain that way for decades to come. An increase in happiness isn’t as certain, with research showing ...