The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene

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Overview

People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals—known as "survival of the fittest"—with the individual representing the "unit of selection." Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish Gene. He proposes that we look at evolution as a battle between genes instead of between whole organisms. We can then view Nanges in phenotypes—the end products of genes, like eye color or leaf shape, which are usually considered to increase the fitness of an individual—as serving ...

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Overview

People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals—known as "survival of the fittest"—with the individual representing the "unit of selection." Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish Gene. He proposes that we look at evolution as a battle between genes instead of between whole organisms. We can then view Nanges in phenotypes—the end products of genes, like eye color or leaf shape, which are usually considered to increase the fitness of an individual—as serving the evolutionary interests of genes.
Dawkins makes a convincing case that considering one's body, personality, and environment as a field of combat in a kind of "arms race" between genes fighting to express themselves on a strand of DNA can clarify and extend the idea of survival of the fittest. This influential and controversial book illuminates the complex world of genetics in an engaging, lively manner.

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

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780192880512
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication date: 8/5/1999
  • Edition description: Revised
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 336
  • Sales rank: 196,048
  • Series: Popular Science Series
  • Product dimensions: 7.70 (w) x 5.00 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Meet the Author

Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins is the first holder of Oxford's newly endowed Charles Simonyi Professorship of Public Understanding of Science. Born in Nairobi of British parents, Richard Dawkins was educated at Oxford and did his doctorate under the Nobel-prizewinning ethologist Niko Tinbergen. From 196769 he was an Assistant Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, then he returned to Oxford as University Lecturer (later Reader) and a Fellow of New College, before taking up his present position in 1995.

Richard Dawkins's bestselling books have played a significant role in the renaissance of science book publishing for a general audience. The Selfish Gene (1976; second edition 1989) was followed by The Extended Phenotype (1982), The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), and Unweaving the Rainbow (1998). He has won many literary and scientific awards.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
1 Necker Cubes and Buffaloes 1
2 Genetic Determinism and Gene Selectionism 9
3 Constraints on Perfection 30
4 Arms Races and Manipulation 55
5 The Active Germ-Line Replicator 81
6 Organisms, Groups and Memes: Replicators or Vehicles? 97
7 Selfish Wasp or Selfish Strategy? 118
8 Outlaws and Modifiers 133
9 Selfish DNA, Jumping Genes, and a Lamarckian Scare 156
10 An Agony in Five Fits 179
11 The Genetical Evolution of Animal Artefacts 195
12 Host Phenotypes of Parasite Genes 209
13 Action at a Distance 228
14 Rediscovering the Organism 250
Afterword 265
References 269
Further Reading 286
Glossary 290
Author Index 303
Subject Index 307

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