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The triple helix : gene, organism, and environment / Richard Lewontin.
LIBRA QH506 .L443 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewontin, Richard, 1929-2021, Author.
- Standardized Title:
- Gene, organismo e ambiente. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Molecular biology--Philosophy.
- Molecular biology.
- Developmental biology--Philosophy.
- Developmental biology.
- Ecology--Philosophy.
- Ecology.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Molecular evolution.
- Molecular Biology.
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Biological Evolution.
- ecology.
- evolution.
- Medical Subjects:
- Molecular Biology.
- Ecology.
- Evolution, Molecular.
- Biological Evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 136 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- "In The Triple Helix, Lewontin exposes some of the common and troubling misconceptions that misdirect and stall our understanding of biology and evolution." "The central message of this book is that we will never fully understand living things if we continue to think of genes, organisms, and environments as separate entities, each with its distinct role to play in the history and operation of organic processes. Here Lewontin shows that an organism is a unique consequence of both genes and environment, of both internal and external features. Rejecting the notion that genes determine the organism, which then adapts to the environment, he explains that organisms, influenced in their development by their circumstances, in turn create, modify, and choose the environment in which they live."--Jacket.
- Contents:
- Gene and organism
- Organism and environment
- Parts and wholes, causes and effects
- Directions in the study of biology.
- Notes:
- Portions previously published as: Gene, organismo e ambiente. Roma : Laterza, 1998.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132).
- ISBN:
- 0674001591
- 9780674001596
- 0674006771
- 9780674006775
- OCLC:
- 42726142
- Publisher Number:
- 9780674001596
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