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Biology

Extended Heredity: A New Understanding of Inheritance and Evolution

There is much more to heredity than genes

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$27.95/拢22.00
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Published:
Apr 14, 2020
Pages:
304
Size:
6.13 x 9.25 in.
Illus:
40 b/w illus.
Main_subject:
Biology
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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鈥攁nd even our parents鈥� and grandparents鈥� lifetimes鈥攃an 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.