The Extended Phenotype

The Gene As the Unit of Selection

307 pages

English language

Published Oct. 19, 1981 by Freeman.

ISBN:
978-0-7167-1358-6
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OCLC Number:
7652745

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By suggesting that individual organisms should be viewed as a single coherent unit, working to maximize their own reproductive success, the author explains that as these organisms are "selfish" they have the capacity to effect the body of another animal, so revolutionizing our views of adaptation.

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Subjects

  • Evolution.
  • Gene expression.