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The extended phenotype : the long reach of the gene / Richard Dawkins ; with an afterword by Daniel Dennett

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BookSeries: Oxford landmark science series.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Description: ix, 468 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198788911.Subject(s): Natural selection | Gene expression | Genetics | Evolution (Biology)

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

Note(s):

Includes bibliographical references (pages 412-438) and indexes.

Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Greater Project 4 Branch Reference Section	Circulation	C 576.53 D271e 2016 (Browse shelf)	Available		120419d

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