Introduction to genetic analysis
- 800pages
- 28 heures de lecture
The eighth edition of 'An Introduction to Genetic Analysis' has been extensively revised, shaping its coverage to match current research and thinking in genetics.
Biologiste de l'évolution, généticien et commentateur social, cet auteur a joué un rôle déterminant dans le développement des bases mathématiques de la génétique des populations et de la théorie de l'évolution. Son œuvre explore des questions profondes sur la vie, l'évolution et la nature humaine, avec une influence qui s'étend bien au-delà du domaine scientifique.






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.