The Selfish GeneThis nontechnical description of modern genetics is based on the insight that replicating structures have a built-in drive for self-preservation. A fascinating and provocative popular account. |
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Pagina 48
With reservations, the gene pool plays the same role for the modern replicators
as the primeval soup did for the original ones. Sex and chromosomal crossing-
over have the effect of preserving the liquidity of the modern equivalent of the
soup.
With reservations, the gene pool plays the same role for the modern replicators
as the primeval soup did for the original ones. Sex and chromosomal crossing-
over have the effect of preserving the liquidity of the modern equivalent of the
soup.
Pagina 49
In the early days they 'fed' on organic molecules freely available in the soup. This
easy life came to an end when the organic food in the soup, which had been
slowly built up under the energetic influence of centuries of sunlight, was all used
...
In the early days they 'fed' on organic molecules freely available in the soup. This
easy life came to an end when the organic food in the soup, which had been
slowly built up under the energetic influence of centuries of sunlight, was all used
...
Pagina 206
It is staring us in the face. It is still in its infancy, still drifting clumsily about in its
primeval soup, but already it is achieving evolutionary change at a rate which
leaves the old gene panting far behind. The new soup is the soup of human
culture.
It is staring us in the face. It is still in its infancy, still drifting clumsily about in its
primeval soup, but already it is achieving evolutionary change at a rate which
leaves the old gene panting far behind. The new soup is the soup of human
culture.
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Why are people? | 1 |
Immortal coils | 22 |
The gene machine | 49 |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Selfish Gene Oxford Paperbacks |
| Auteur | Richard Dawkins |
| Editie | herdruk |
| Uitgever | Oxford University Press, 1978 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 6 feb 2015 |
| ISBN | 0195200004, 9780195200003 |
| Lengte | 224 pagina's |
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