Extended Phenotype, The

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Extended Phenotype, The - Dawkins, Richard

This text covers topics such as: genetic determinism and gene selectionism; constraints on perfection; the active germ-line replicator; outlaws and modifiers; selfish DNA, jumping genes, and a lamarckian scare; the genetic evolution of animal artefacts; and host phenotypes of parasite genes.

Genre : Science: general issues
First published : 04/03/1999

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Paperback
Subtitle : The Long Reach of the Gene
Editor / Edition : Oxford University Press
Edition : New ed|2nd ed|2Rev ed|2nd Revised edition
Released : 04/03/1999
Pages / length : 324 pages
Page size : 196 x 129
Weight : 360 g
ISBN : 9780192880512
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