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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... tion favours replicators which are good at building survival mach- ines , genes which are skilled in the art of controlling embryonic development . In this , the replicators are no more conscious or purposeful than they ever were . The ...
... tion favours replicators which are good at building survival mach- ines , genes which are skilled in the art of controlling embryonic development . In this , the replicators are no more conscious or purposeful than they ever were . The ...
Pagina 42
... tion , nor even as the individual , but as some small unit of genetic material which it is convenient to label the gene . The cornerstone of the argument , as given earlier , was the assumption that genes are potentially immortal ...
... tion , nor even as the individual , but as some small unit of genetic material which it is convenient to label the gene . The cornerstone of the argument , as given earlier , was the assumption that genes are potentially immortal ...
Pagina 118
... tion ' , which I mentioned in Chapter 1 , has chiefly raged . This is because Wynne - Edwards , who has been mainly responsible for promulgating the idea of group selection , did so in the context of a theory of ' population regulation ...
... tion ' , which I mentioned in Chapter 1 , has chiefly raged . This is because Wynne - Edwards , who has been mainly responsible for promulgating the idea of group selection , did so in the context of a theory of ' population regulation ...
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Why are people? I | 1 |
The replicators | 13 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
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