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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dawkins, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.