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The Extended PhenotypeRichard Dawkins, Wolfgang Mayer

The Extended Phenotype

Richard Dawkins, Wolfgang Mayer
1989307 pages
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By suggesting that individual organisms should be viewed as a single coherent unit, working to maximize their own reproductive success, the author explains that as these organisms are "selfish" they have the capacity to effect the body of another animal, so revolutionizing our views of adaptation.

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7 editions · 3 languages
  • Other · English · 2016
    Extended Phenotype
    Oxford University Press · 440 pages · 9780198788911
  • Other · English · 1999
    Oxford University Press · 313 pages · 9780192880512
  • Other · English · 1989
    Oxford University Press, USA · 320 pages · 9780192860880
  • Other · English · 1983
    Oxford University Press · 307 pages · 9780198576099
  • Other · English · 1982
    Freeman · 307 pages · 9780716713586
  • Paperback · German · 2017
    Der erweiterte Phänotyp
    Springer · 352 pages · 9783662559673
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