The Liars of Nature and the Nature of Liars : : Cheating and Deception in the Living World / / Lixing Sun.
A natural history of cheating from selfish genes to lying politiciansNature is rife with cheating. Possums play possum, feigning death to cheat predators. Crows cry wolf to scare off rivals. Amphibians and reptiles are inveterate impostors. Even genes and cells cheat. The Liars of Nature and the Nat...
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Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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