Extended Heredity: A New Understanding of Inheritance and Evolution - Couverture souple

Bonduriansky, Russell; Day, Troy

 
9780691204147: Extended Heredity: A New Understanding of Inheritance and Evolution

Synopsis

There is much more to heredity than genes

For much of the twentieth century it was assumed that genes alone mediate the transmission of biological information across generations and provide the raw material for natural selection. Yet, it's now clear that genes are not the only basis of heredity. In Extended Heredity, evolutionary biologists Russell Bonduriansky and Troy Day explore the latest research showing that what happens during our lifetimes-and even our parents' and grandparents' lifetimes-can influence the features of our descendants. Based on this evidence, Bonduriansky and Day develop an extended concept of heredity that upends ideas about how traits can and cannot be transmitted across generations, opening the door to a new understanding of inheritance, evolution, and even human health.

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À propos de l?auteur

Russell Bonduriansky is professor of evolutionary biology at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Troy Day is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics and the Department of Biology at Queen's University in Canada.

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9780691157672: Extended Heredity: A New Understanding of Inheritance and Evolution

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0691157677 ISBN 13 :  9780691157672
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2018
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