Somatic Selection and Adaptive Evolution: On the Inheritance of Acquired Characters

Steele, E, J.

ISBN 10: 0709923090 / ISBN 13: 9780709923091

Published by Croom Helm, 1979

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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,450grams, ISBN:0709923090.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Somatic Selection and Adaptive Evolution: On the Inheritance of Acquired Characters
• Publisher: Croom Helm
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0709923090
• ISBN 13: 9780709923091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

If the thesis advanced in this book can be corroborated by experiments currently being carried out in a number of laboratories around the world, it will signify an intellectual revolution and a landmark in the history of science. E. J. Steele here suggests that on the basis of his own immunological research, the theory originally put forward by Lamarck 170 years ago and subsequently rejected—the notion that organisms may transmit characters acquired in their lifetimes to their offspring—may in fact be right. In the new postscript to the second edition, Steele presents his latest findings and replies to the enormous body of criticism his research has engendered.