Pierre-Henri Gouyon

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Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution (2002)Hardcover - 2002, 31 May 2002

Gene Avatars: The Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution (2002)
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Print Length
287 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
31 May 2002
ISBN-10
0306466163
ISBN-13
9780306466168

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`Why life?' Questions of this type were for a long time the prerogative of philosophers who left the `how' question to scientists. Nowadays, Darwin's successors no longer have any qualms about addressing the `why' as well as the `how'. Over a century ago, Darwin modestly admitted having 'thrown some light on the origin of species - this mystery of mysteries'. Two major advances in the following decades helped biologists answer many of the questions he left unsolved. The first was the discovery of the laws of heredity, the second that of DNA. Both provided Darwinian theory with the foundations that were lacking and led to the all-embracing neo-Darwinian synthesis. Since then, Theodosius Dobzhansky's aphorism `nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution' has proven true more than once. This does not suit everyone, as evolutionist ideas have not lost their power to cause a scandal.

Darwin toppled man from his pedestal. Evolutionary genetics - the subject of this book - sends the individual crashing. Considered until recently to be the target of selection and the focus of evolution, the individual has been usurped by the gene. The individual is nothing but the gene's avatar.

Product Details

Authors:
Pierre-Henri GouyonJean-Pierre HenryJacques Arnould
Book Edition:
2002
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
31 May 2002
Dimensions:
24.03 x 15.49 x 2.46 cm
Genre:
Ecology
ISBN-10:
0306466163
ISBN-13:
9780306466168
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
287
Publisher:
Weight:
653.17 gm

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