Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards, CBE, FRS, FRSE (4 July 1906 – 5 January 1997) was an English zoologist. He was best known for his advocacy of group selection...

of at the level of the individual or gene. Early authors such as V. C. Wynne-Edwards and Konrad Lorenz argued that the behavior of animals could affect...

Emerson, A. H. Sturtevant, and to a smaller extent, the work of V. C. Wynne-Edwards. The book takes its title from a lecture by George Gaylord Simpson...

parasitic nematode worm Trichostrongylus tenuis. However, in his book, V. C. Wynne-Edwards suggests that the primary reason for mortality in grouse population...

idea of group selection for the good of the species as proposed by V. C. Wynne-Edwards, arguing instead that each parent necessarily behaves selfishly....

(1965–1970) Professor James William Longman Beament (succeeding V. C. Wynne-Edwards FRS; 1978–1981) Professor John Krebs, Baron Krebs (1994–1999) Sir...

writer Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French zoologist Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885), French naturalist V. C. Wynne-Edwards (1906–1997), British...

in January 1977 and was replaced by John Edwards, who had recorded a number of R&B hits as a solo singer. Wynne had a solo career and entered the business...

(1902–1986) 1960-1965 : Reginald Ernest Moreau (1897–1970) 1965-1970 : V C Wynne-Edwards (1906–1997) 1970-1975 : Guy Mountfort (1905–2003) 1975-1979 : Sir...

1971); died in a car crash Joan Rice, actress (born 1930) 5 January – V. C. Wynne-Edwards, zoologist (born 1906) 7 January Patricia McLaughlin, Northern Irish...