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Bonduriansky, Russell. Extended heredity: a new understanding of inheritance and evolution / Russell Bonduriansky and Troy Day. — 1 online resource (xiii, 288 pages) : illustrations — <URL:http://elib.fa.ru/ebsco/1682206.pdf>.Record create date: 2/26/2018 Subject: Heredity.; Evolution (Biology); Genetics.; Medical genetics.; Heredity; Genetics, Medical; Epigenomics; Biological Evolution; Genetics; Hérédité.; Génétique.; Génétique médicale.; Évolution (Biologie); genetics.; evolution.; SCIENCE — Life Sciences — Evolution.; Evolution (Biology); Genetics.; Heredity. Collections: EBSCO Allowed Actions: –
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How genes are not the only basis of heredity--and what this means for evolution, human life, and diseaseFor 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.
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Table of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- 1. How to Construct an Organism
- 2. Heredity from First Principles
- 3. The Triumph of the Gene
- 4. Monsters, Worms, and Rats
- 5. The Nongenetic Inheritance Spectrum
- 6. Evolution with Extended Heredity
- 7. Why Extended Heredity Matters
- 8. Apples and Oranges?
- 9. A New Perspective on Old Questions
- 10. Extended Heredity in Human Life
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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