Selfish genes, the phenotype paradigm and genome evolution

The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme

Stephen Jay Gould, Richard C Lewontin · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1979 · 7.8K citations

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Evolutionary Rate at the Molecular Level

Nature · 1968 · 3.8K citations

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Why genes in pieces?

Walter Gilbert · Nature · 1978 · 2.3K citations · Full text

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Selfish DNA: the ultimate parasite

Leslie E. Orgel, Francis Crick · Nature · 1980 · 2.2K citations

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Gene Regulation for Higher Cells: A Theory

Roy J. Britten, Eric H. Davidson · Science · 1969 · 2.1K citations

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