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Evolution in four dimensions : genetic, epigenetic, behavioral, and symbolic variation in the history of life / Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb ; with illustrations by Anna Zeligowski.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Life and mind: philosophical issues in biology and psychologyPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : A Bradford Book, The MIT Press, [2014].Edition: Revised editionDescription: xii, 563 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780262525848 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.82 23
LOC classification:
  • QH366.2 .J322 2014
Contents:
I. The First Dimension. 1. The transformations of Darwinism ; 2. From genes to characters ; 3. Genetic variation: blind, directed, interpretive? -- II. Three more dimensions. 4. The epigenetic inheritance systems ; 5. The behavioral inheritance systems ; 6. The symbolic inheritance system ; Between the acts: an interim summary -- III. Putting Humpty Dumpty together again. 7. Interacting dimensions: genes and epigenetic systems ; 8. Genes and behavior, genes and language ; 9. Lamarckism evolving: the evolution of the educated guess ; 10. A last dialogue -- IV. After nine years. 11. Developing evolution.

Formerly CIP. Uk

First edition published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-544) and index.

I. The First Dimension. 1. The transformations of Darwinism ; 2. From genes to characters ; 3. Genetic variation: blind, directed, interpretive? -- II. Three more dimensions. 4. The epigenetic inheritance systems ; 5. The behavioral inheritance systems ; 6. The symbolic inheritance system ; Between the acts: an interim summary -- III. Putting Humpty Dumpty together again. 7. Interacting dimensions: genes and epigenetic systems ; 8. Genes and behavior, genes and language ; 9. Lamarckism evolving: the evolution of the educated guess ; 10. A last dialogue -- IV. After nine years. 11. Developing evolution.

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