Bioprospection practices have proliferated as biotechnological and pharmaceutical companies engage in the collection and genetic screening of biological and genetic resources throughout the world. The purpose of this article is to examine the competing proposals for the institutional framing of...

This chapter reviews the origin and development of game-theoretic ideas in biology. It covers more than half a century of research and focuses on those models and conceptual advancements that are rooted in fundamental biological theory and have been exposed to substantial empirical scrutiny. The...