Screen LibraryThe extended phenotype : the long reach of the gene /
"The 'extended phenotype' is Dawkins' key contribution to the gene's eye view of evolution given in The Selfish Gene. He shows that the influence of genes can extend far beyond the bodies in which they reside, manipulating the environment and the behaviour of other individua...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: |
2016. ©1999 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford landmark science
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| Summary: |
"The 'extended phenotype' is Dawkins' key contribution to the gene's eye view of evolution given in The Selfish Gene. He shows that the influence of genes can extend far beyond the bodies in which they reside, manipulating the environment and the behaviour of other individuals"--Publisher's description. |
| Item Description: | Previous edition: 1999. |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 468 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [412]-433) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198788911 (paperback) : 0198788916 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QH438 |
| CLC: | Q349 |
| Call Number: | Q349/D271 |
| Contents: | Necker cubes and buffaloes -- Genetic determinism and gene selectionism -- Constraints on perfection -- Arms races and manipulation -- The active germ-line replicator -- Organisms, groups and memes: replicators or vehicles? -- Selfish wasp or selfish strategy? -- Outlaws and modifiers -- Selfish DNA, jumping genes, and a Lamarckian scare -- An agony in five fits -- The genetical evolution of animal artefacts -- Host phenotypes of parasite genes -- Action at a distance -- Rediscovering the organism. |