Author:
Bonduriansky, Russell, author.
ImprintPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Imprint2018
Descriptionxiii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-279) and index.
Note:"For 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 Extended Heredity, leading evolutionary biologists Russell Bonduriansky and Troy Day challenge this premise. Drawing on the latest research, they demonstrate that what happens during our lifetimes--and even our grandparents' and great-grandparents' lifetimes--can influence the features of our descendants. On the basis of these discoveries, Bonduriansky and Day develop an extended concept of heredity that upends ideas about how traits can and cannot be transmitted across generations." -- From publisher's website.
