Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 90
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ISBN-10 : 9781108607384
ISBN-13 : 1108607381
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Book Synopsis Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis by : Eva Jablonka

Download or read book Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis written by Eva Jablonka and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-04 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current knowledge of the genetic, epigenetic, behavioural and symbolic systems of inheritance requires a revision and extension of the mid-twentieth-century, gene-based, 'Modern Synthesis' version of Darwinian evolutionary theory. We present the case for this by first outlining the history that led to the neo-Darwinian view of evolution. In the second section we describe and compare different types of inheritance, and in the third discuss the implications of a broad view of heredity for various aspects of evolutionary theory. We end with an examination of the philosophical and conceptual ramifications of evolutionary thinking that incorporates multiple inheritance systems.


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