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The extended phenotype : the long reach of the gene

Title
The extended phenotype : the long reach of the gene / Richard Dawkins ; [with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett].
Author
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)
Description
viii, 313 p.; 20 cm.
Subject
  • Natural selection
  • Gene expression
  • Genetics
  • Evolution (Biology)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-289) and indexes.
Contents
Necker cubes and buffaloes -- Genetic determinism and gene selectionism -- Constraints on perfection -- Arms races and manipulation -- The active germ-line replicator -- Organisms, groups and memes: replicators or vehicles? -- Selfish wasp or selfish strategy? -- Outlaws and modifiers -- Selfish DNA, jumping genes, and a Lamarckian scare -- An agony in five fits -- The genetical evolution of animal artefacts -- Host phenotypes of parasite genes -- Action at a distance -- Rediscovering the organism.
Call Number
JSC 03-72
ISBN
0192880519
LCCN
98044794
OCLC
40076580
Author
Dawkins, Richard, 1941-
Title
The extended phenotype : the long reach of the gene / Richard Dawkins ; [with a new afterword by Daniel Dennett].
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-289) and indexes.
Added Author
Dennett, D. C. (Daniel Clement)
Research Call Number
JSC 03-72
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