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Extended heredity
Title statement Extended heredity : a new understanding of inheritance and evolution / Russell Bonduriansky and Troy Day Personal name Bonduriansky, Russell (author) Publication Princeton ; and London : Princeton University Press, [2018] Copyright notice date ©2018 Phys.des. xiii, 288 stran : ilustrace, grafy ISBN 978-0-691-15767-2 (vázáno) Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografii, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík Another responsib. Day, Troy, 1968- (author) Subj. Headings dědičnost heredity * evoluce (biologie) evolution (biology) * evoluční biologie evolutionary biology * epigenetika epigenetics Form, Genre učebnice vysokých škol textbooks (higher) Conspect 575 - Obecná genetika. Obecná cytogenetika. Evoluce 37.016 - Učební osnovy. Vyučovací předměty. Učebnice UDC 575.1 , 575.2:575.117 , 575.8 , (075.8) Country Spojené státy americké ; Velká Británie Language angličtina Document kind Books Call number Barcode Location Sublocation Info N/A 3134046977 PřF PřF, ZOO - Mgr. Remeš In-Library Use Only
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. In Extended Heredity, leading evolutionary biologists Russell Bonduriansky and Troy Day challenge this premise. Drawing on the latest research, they demonstrate that what happens during our lifetimes (and even our grandparents' and great-grandparents' lifetimes) can influence the features of our descendants. On the basis of these discoveries, Bonduriansky and Day develop an extended concept of heredity that upends ideas about how traits can and cannot be transmitted across generations. By examining the history of the gene-centered view in modern biology and reassessing fundamental tenets of evolutionary theory, Bonduriansky and Day show that nongenetic inheritance (involving epigenetic, environmental, behavioral, and cultural factors) could play an important role in evolution. The discovery of nongenetic inheritance therefore has major implications for key questions in evolutionary biology, as well as human health. Extended Heredity reappraises long-held ideas and opens the door to a new understanding of inheritance and evolution.--Nakladatelská anotace
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