Introduction to genetic analysis
- 800pagine
- 28 ore di lettura
The eighth edition of 'An Introduction to Genetic Analysis' has been extensively revised, shaping its coverage to match current research and thinking in genetics.
Biologo evoluzionista, genetista e commentatore sociale, questo autore è stato fondamentale nello sviluppo delle basi matematiche della genetica delle popolazioni e della teoria evolutiva. Il suo lavoro approfondisce questioni profonde sulla vita, l'evoluzione e la natura umana, con un'influenza che va ben oltre l'ambito scientifico.






The eighth edition of 'An Introduction to Genetic Analysis' has been extensively revised, shaping its coverage to match current research and thinking in genetics.
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."--BOOK JACKET.
This book, the latest in the continuing debate between the genetic reductionists (such as Richard Dawkins, John Maynard Smith and E.O. Wilson) and those who argue for a rather more complex relationship between genes and the environment (such as Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Rose and Niles Eldredge). Lewontin is a forceful writer and this is an effective statement of the case against the selfish gene.
Beschreven wordt welke erfelijke verschillen er tussen mensen kunnen bestaan en welke invloed het milieu uitoefent.