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About the book
By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene;'This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.' Science;'The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene ... he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort' John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books;'Dawkins is quite incapable of being boring this characteristically brilliant and stimulating book is original and provocative throughout, and immensely enjoyable.' G. A. Parker, Heredity;'The extended phenotype is certainly a big idea and it is pressed hard in dramatic language.' Sydney Brenner, Nature;'Richard Dawkins, our most radical Darwinian thinker, is also our best science writer.' Douglas Adams;'Dawkins is a superb communicator. His books are some of the best books ever written on science.' Megan Tressider, Guardian;'Dawkins is a genius of science popularization.' Mark Ridley, The Times
Content list
* 1. NECKER CUBES AND BUFFALOES;
* 2. GENETIC DETERMINISM AND GENE SELECTIONISM;
* 3. CONSTRAINTS ON PERFECTION;
* 4. ARMS RACES AND MANIPULATION;
* 5. THE ACTIVE GERM-LINE REPLICATOR;
* 6. ORGANISMS, GROUPS AND MEMES: REPLICATORS OR VEHICLES?;
* 7. SELFISH WASP OR SELFISH STRATEGY?;
* 8. OUTLAWS AND MODIFIERS;
* 9. SELFISH DNA, JUMPING GENES, AND A LAMARCKIAN SCARE;
* 10. AN AGONY IN FIVE FITS;
* 11. THE GENETIC EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL ARTEFACTS;
* 12. HOST PHENOTYPES OF PARASITE GENES;
* 13. ACTION AT A DISTANCE;
* 14. REDISCOVERING THE ORGANISM;
* 15. REFERENCES;
* 16. AFTERWORD BY DANIEL DENNETT;
* 17. GLOSSARY;
* 18. AUTHOR INDEX;
* 19. SUBJECT INDEX
More info
This text covers topics such as: genetic determinism and gene selectionism; constraints on perfection; the active germ-line replicator; outlaws and modifiers; selfish DNA, jumping genes, and a lamarckian scare; the genetic evolution of animal artefacts; and host phenotypes of parasite genes.
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