Extended heredity a new understanding of inheritance and evolution

Extended heredity a new understanding of inheritance and evolution

How genes are not the only basis of heredity--and what this means for evolution, human life, and diseaseFor much of the twentieth century it was assumed that genes alone mediate the transmission of biological information across generations and provide the raw material for natural selection. In Exten...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bonduriansky, Russell
Other Authors: Day, Troy, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey Princeton University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Heredity.
Evolution (Biology)
Genetics.
Medical genetics.
Heredity
Genetics, Medical
Epigenomics
Biological Evolution
Genetics
Hérédité.
Génétique.
Génétique médicale.
Évolution (Biologie)
genetics.
evolution.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Evolution.
EBSCO eBooks
Online Access:https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/1682206.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • How to Construct an Organism
  • Heredity from First Principles
  • The Triumph of the Gene
  • Monsters, Worms, and Rats
  • The Nongenetic Inheritance Spectrum
  • Evolution with Extended Heredity
  • Why Extended Heredity Matters
  • Apples and Oranges?
  • A New Perspective on Old Questions
  • Extended Heredity in Human Life.

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