Karen James

Karen James is a staff scientist at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Maine, and co-founder and director of the UK-based charity The HMS Beagle Trust.

Written by Karen James

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Biology

Dead or Alive?

Is it time to kill off the idea of the ‘Selfish Gene’? We asked four experts to respond to our most controversial essay

David Dobbs, John Dupré, Karen James and others