The Extended Phenotype - The Gene as the Unit of Selection ***Signed by Author*** ***Signed by Professor James Durbin (Mathematician, Statistician and Econometrician)***

Dawkins, Richard

ISBN 10: 0716713586 / ISBN 13: 9780716713586

Published by W. H. Freeman and Company, Oxford and San Francisco, 1982

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First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in green cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to front and spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 307pp. Signed by Richard Dawkins in black ink to piece of paper pasted to title page. Also signed in black ink by Professor James Durbin, Mathematician, Statistician and Econometrician, 1923-2012. Not library copy, small indentation to front board, small white mark to rear dustjacket and spine. (52/4).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Extended Phenotype - The Gene as the Unit of Selection ***Signed by Author*** ***Signed by Professor James Durbin (Mathematician, Statistician and Econometrician)***
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman and Company, Oxford and San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0716713586
• ISBN 13: 9780716713586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals--known as "survival of the fittest"--with the individual representing the "unit of selection." Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish Gene. He proposes that we look at evolution as a battle between genes instead of between whole organisms. We can then view Nanges in phenotypes--the end products of genes, like eye color or leaf shape, which are usually considered to increase the fitness of an individual--as serving the evolutionary interests of genes. Dawkins makes a convincing case that considering one's body, personality, and environment as a field of combat in a kind of "arms race" between genes fighting to express themselves on a strand of DNA can clarify and extend the idea of survival of the fittest. This influential

About the Author

About the Author:
Richard Dawkins is a Fellow of New College and Lecturer in Animal Behavior at Oxford University. He is the author of The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker.