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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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.
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"The most compelling and accessible account of this topic to date."—Kevin Laland, Science

"The authors make a persuasive case that genes are not the only determinants of Darwinian evolution."—Steven Henikoff, Current Biology

"[This] is a careful, well-reasoned exposition of the importance of nongenetic inheritance and its implications for evolution, and it is a welcome contrast to hyperbolic claims that nongenetic evolution warrants an 'extended evolutionary synthesis.'"—Douglas Futuyma, Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture

"A work of great clarity. Bonduriansky and Day provide an absorbing account of evolution in which a menagerie of epigenetic forces joins our genes as the drivers of who we are and what we are like."—Mark Pagel, author of Wired for Culture
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780691204147
Publisert
2020-04-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Princeton University Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
304

Biografisk notat

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.