Career
His major contribution to the field of evolutionary theory is the kinship theory of genomic imprinting. (1993). Genetic conflicts in human pregnancy. Quarterly Review of Biology, 68, 495-532.
(1997) The social gene.
In Krebs, J. R. & Davies, North. B. (editors) Behavioural Ecology: an Evolutionary Approach, pp. 284-304. Blackwell Publishers, London.
(2000) The kinship theory of genomic imprinting. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 31, 9-32.
Wilkins, J. F. & (2003) What good is genomic imprinting: the function of parent-specific gene expression.
Nature Reviews Genetics, 4, 359-368. (2004) Genomic imprinting and kinship: how good is the evidence? Annual Review of Genetics, 38, 553-585.