Extended Phenotype : the Long Reach of the Gene.
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
1999.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Preface
- Note to Oxford Paperback Edition
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 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 Genetical Evolution of Animal Artefacts.
- 12 Host Phenotypes of Parasite Genes
- 13 Action at a Distance
- 14 Rediscovering the Organism
- Afterword by Daniel Dennett
- References
- Further Reading
- Glossary
- Author Index
- Subject Index.