Narrow Roads of Gene Land - The Collected Papers of W. D. Hamilton : Volume 3 - Last Words: Volume 3 - Last Words

W. D. Hamilton (1936-2000) has been described by Richard Dawkins as 'a good candidate for the title of most distinguished Darwinian since Darwin'. His work on evolutionary biology continues to influence scientists working across a wide variety of disciplines, including evolution, population genetics, animal behaviour, genetics, anthropology, and ecology. This third and final volume of Narrow Roads of Gene Land contains Hamilton's key papers published between 1990 and 2000, a period in which he covered a great diversity of topics, often in collaboration with other scientists. Many of the papers in this volume continue his work on sex, and particularly its relation to parasitic disease, but other topics covered include the Gaia theory, the colours of autumn leaves, and the still-controversial hypothesis that the AIDS pandemic accidentally originated in a polio vaccination campaign in Africa.Each of the co-authored papers in this volume is preceded by an introduction written by one of Hamilton's co-authors, following the model of the previous two volumes in this series, which brings the reader closer to Hamilton's extraordinary personality and intellect, providing the intellectual and physical contexts within which each piece of research was developed. Also included are a chapter by Jeremy Leighton John on the Hamilton archive - 'Bill's last great work' - complete with irresistible pictures, and Alan Grafen's biographical memoir, which presents an overview of Bill's life and work. Together, this unique collection of papers with their biographical introductions provides a profound portrait of one of the twentieth century's most innovative scientists. Front cover......Page 1 Title page......Page 2 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Editorial Preface......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 14 1. Oku No Hosomichi: Roads to Hamilton’s ‘Wrightian’ Digital parasites in Geneland - Brian Sumida......Page 15 Genetic algorithms and evolution (Sumida, Houston, McNamara, and Hamilton)......Page 24 Both Wrightian and ‘parasite’ peak shifts enhance genetic algorithm performance in the travelling salesman problem (Sumida and Hamilton)(Sumida and Hamilton)......Page 51 2. Manipulating microbe proceedings: Cytoplasmic bacteria that cause parthenogenesis - Richard Stouthamer......Page 71 Antibiotics cause parthenogenetic Trichogramma (Hymenoptera/Trichogrammatidae) to revert to sex (Stouthamer, Luck, and Hamilton)......Page 78 3. My intended burial and why (Hamilton)......Page 87 4. Sex, sexes and selfish elements - Laurence d. Hurst......Page 103 Cytoplasmic fusion and the nature of sexes (Hurst and Hamilton)......Page 112 Covert sex (Hurst, Hamilton, and Ladle)......Page 123 5. Recurrent viruses and theories of sex (Hamilton)......Page 127 6. Further Homage to Santa Rosalia: Discovery at last of the elusive females of a species of Myrmecolacidae (Strepsiptera: Insecta) - Jeyaraney Kathirithamby......Page 131 More covert sex: the elusive females of Myrmecolacidae (Kathirithamby and Hamilton)......Page 142 Exotic pests and parasites (Kathirithamby and Hamilton)......Page 147 7. Haploid dynamic polymorphism in a host with matching parasites: Effects of mutation/subdivision, linkage, and patterns of selection (Hamilton)......Page 149 8. Inbreeding in Egypt and in this book: A childish perspective (Hamilton)......Page 175 9. On first looking into a British Treasure (Hamilton)......Page 197 10. How to catch the Red Queen? - Dieter Ebert......Page 203 Sex against virulence: the coevolution of parasitic diseases (Ebert and Hamilton)......Page 209 11. Between Shoreham and Downe: Seeking the key to natural beauty (Hamilton)......Page 219 12. Born slave to the Queen of Life (Hamilton)......Page 235 13. Foreword to S. Turillazzi & M. J. West Eberhard (eds): Natural History and Evolution of Paper Wasps (Hamilton)......Page 243 14. Bill Hamilton’s involvement with the OPV theory: ‘Medical science’s most hated hypothesis’ - Edward Hooper......Page 245 Foreword to E. Hooper, The River (Hamilton)......Page 258 15. Hamilton and Gaia - Tim Lenton......Page 271 Ecology in the large: Gaia and Genghis Khan (Hamilton)......Page 279 Spora and Gaia: how microbes fly with their clouds (Hamilton and Lenton)......Page 285 Is DMSP synthesis in Chlorophycean macro-algae linked to aerial dispersal? (Welsh, Viaroli, Hamilton and Lenton)......Page 304 16. Life, evolution and development in the Amazonian floodplain - Peter Henderson......Page 321 Evolution and diversity in Amazonian floodplain communities (Henderson, Hamilton and Crampton)......Page 329 17. A view from Mars - Sam P. Brown......Page 363 Autumn tree colours as a handicap signal (Hamilton and Brown)......Page 371 18. Tomato attractors on the wall of an abandoned church - Akira Sasaki......Page 383 Clone mixtures and a pacemaker: new facets of Red-Queen theory and ecology (Sasaki, Hamilton and Ubeda)......Page 390 19. Because topics often fade: Letters, essays, notes, digital manuscripts and other unpublished works - Jeremy Leighton John......Page 413 20. William Donald Hamilton - Alan Grafen......Page 437 Name Index......Page 473 Subject Index......Page 477 Back cover......Page 495 W. D. Hamilton (1936-2000) has been described by Richard Dawkins as 'a good candidate for the title of most distinguished Darwinian since Darwin'. His work on evolutionary biology continues to influence scientists working across a wide variety of disciplines, including evolution, population genetics, animal behaviour, genetics, anthropology, and ecology. This third and final volume of Narrow Roads of Gene Land contains Hamilton's key papers published between 1990 and 2000, a period in which he covered a great diversity of topics, often in collaboration with other scientists. Many of the papers in this volume continue his work on sex, and particularly its relation to parasitic disease, but other topics covered include the Gaia theory, the colours of autumn leaves, and the still-controversial hypothesis that the AIDS pandemic accidentally originated in a polio vaccination campaign in Africa. Each of the co-authored papers in this volume is preceded by an introduction written by one of Hamilton's co-authors, following the model of the previous two volumes in this series, which brings the reader closer to Hamilton's extraordinary personality and intellect, providing the intellectual and physical contexts within which each piece of research was developed. Also included are a chapter by Jeremy Leighton John on the Hamilton archive - 'Bill's last great work' - complete with irresistible pictures, and Alan Grafen's biographical memoir, which presents an overview of Bill's life and work. Together, this unique collection of papers with their biographical introductions provides a profound portrait of one of the twentieth century's most innovative scientists. "W.D. Hamilton is considered by many the most important theoretical biologist of the 20th century. He has made major discoveries in evolutionary biology, genetics, and social behavior, and his essays continue to exert tremendous influence throughout the discipline. This second volume of his collected papers focuses on his groundbreaking work on sex and sexual selection. It contains the 18 papers he published between 1980 and 1991, many of them examining the role of parasites and disease in promoting genetic diversity. For each paper, Hamilton has written an accessible introduction describing why the work was done, how the paper came to be written, and its eventual fate. An invaluable collection for biologists, this book also provides general readers with deep insights into the sometimes surprising mechanics of evolutionary processes." -- Amazon.com description W.D. Hamilton is considered by many the most important theoretical biologist of the 20th century. He has made major discoveries in evolutionary biology, genetics, and social behavior, and his essays continue to exert tremendous influence throughout the discipline. This second volume of his collected papers focuses on his groundbreaking work on sex and sexual selection. It contains the 18 papers he published between 1980 and 1991, many of them examining the role of parasites and disease in promoting genetic diversity. For each paper, Hamilton has written an accessible introduction describing why the work was done, how the paper came to be written, and its eventual fate. An invaluable collection for biologists, this book also provides general. readers with deep insights into the often surprising mechanics of evolution. The third volume of the collected papers of W.D. Hamilton continues his work on sex, and particularly its relation to parasitic disease, also including the Gaia theory, the colours of autumn leaves, and the controversial hypothesis that the AIDS pandemic accidentally originated in a polio vaccination campaign in Africa I first met Bill Hamilton after he arrived at the Animal Behaviour Research Group (ABRG) in the department of Zoology, as a Royal Society Research Professor.