Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (Elements in the Philosophy of Biology) - Softcover

Book 12 of 23: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology

Jablonka, Eva; Lamb, Marion J.

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9781108716024: Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (Elements in the Philosophy of Biology)
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ISBN 10: 1108716024 ISBN 13: 9781108716024
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

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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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108716024
ISBN 13 
9781108716024
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
96
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