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Häftad (Paperback / softback)
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Engelska
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496
Utgivningsdatum
2016-09-22
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Oxford University Press
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193 x 127 x 36 mm
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545 g
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1
ISBN
9780198788911

Extended Phenotype

The Long Reach of the Gene

av Richard Dawkins
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Häftad,  Engelska, 2016-09-22
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In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespread and heated debate. Written in part as a response, The Extended Phenotype gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection; but it did much more besides. In it, Dawkins extended the gene's eye view to argue that the genes that sit within an organism have an influence that reaches out beyond the visible traits in that body - the phenotype - to the wider environment, which can include other individuals. So, for instance, the genes of the beaver drive it to gather twigs to produce the substantial physical structure of a dam; and the genes of the cuckoo chick produce effects that manipulate the behaviour of the host bird, making it nurture the intruder as one of its own. This notion of the extended phenotype has proved to be highly influential in the way we understand evolution and the natural world. It represents a key scientific contribution to evolutionary biology, and it continues to play an important role in research in the life sciences. The Extended Phenotype is a conceptually deep book that forms important reading for biologists and students. But Dawkins' clear exposition is accessible to all who are prepared to put in a little effort. Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas, and shaped the way we think.

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    Eve, 24 mars 2021

    Jag ser denna bok som en utflykt, där författaren lägger fram fakta och resonemang för att kunna vända och vrida på cellens "jag".
    Rekommenderar att läsa boken inför naturvetenskapliga studier som innefattar cellbiologi/biokemi (finns bl a som lästips inför antagningsintervjuer till Oxford) Om man väl börjar studera ämnet så blir man förhoppningsvis ännu mer intresserad av hur allt hänger ihop - eller inte.

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John Maynard Smith, LRB The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene ... he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort

Science This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.

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Professor Richard Dawkins is one of the most influential science writers and communicators of our generation. He was the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he held from 1995 until 2008, and is Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford. His bestselling books include The Selfish Gene (1976), The Extended Phenotype (1982) and its sequel The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), Unweaving the Rainbow (1998), A Devil's Chaplain (2004), The Ancestor's Tale (2004), and The God Delusion (2007). He has won many literary and scientific awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, the 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the 1994 Nakayama Prize for Human Science, the 1997 International Cosmos Prize, and the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest in 2009.

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