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Maynard Smith then took a change of career, entering University College London ( UCL ) to study fruit fly genetics under Haldane.

After graduating he became a lecturer in Zoology at UCL between 1952 and 1965, where he directed the Drosophila lab and conducted research on population genetics.

He published a popular Penguin book, The Theory of Evolution, in 1958 ( with subsequent editions in 1966, 1975, 1993 ).