The Selfish GeneOxford University Press, 1976 - 224 pagina's As influential today as when it was first published, The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought. Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution - a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information, and in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication. This imaginative, powerful, and stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience, but galvanized the biology community, generating much debate and stimulating whole new areas of research. |
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... called the nucleus . The architect's plans run to 46 volumes in man — the number is different in other species . The ' volumes ' are called chromosomes . They are visible under a microscope as long threads , and the genes are strung out ...
... called the nucleus . The architect's plans run to 46 volumes in man — the number is different in other species . The ' volumes ' are called chromosomes . They are visible under a microscope as long threads , and the genes are strung out ...
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... called nerves . These lead from one part of the body to another carrying messages , rather like trunk telephone cables . Other neurones have short axons , and are confined to dense concentrations of nervous tissue called ganglia , or ...
... called nerves . These lead from one part of the body to another carrying messages , rather like trunk telephone cables . Other neurones have short axons , and are confined to dense concentrations of nervous tissue called ganglia , or ...
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... called reproduc- tive individuals . This farming analogy should not be confused with a quite different sense in which the social insects may be said to farm . Social insects discovered , as man did long after , that settled cultivation ...
... called reproduc- tive individuals . This farming analogy should not be confused with a quite different sense in which the social insects may be said to farm . Social insects discovered , as man did long after , that settled cultivation ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
Copyright | |
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