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      • The Extended Phenotype refers to phenotypes as manifestations of genetic variation that confer differential survival to any organisms whose genes contribute to that variation.
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  2. The book’s main idea is that phenotype should not be limited to biological processes such as protein biosynthesis or tissue growth, but extended to include all effects that a gene has on its environment, inside or outside the body of the individual organism.

    • Richard Dawkins
    • 1982
  3. Nov 1, 2016 · Although the “extended reach” of the gene is introduced in “The Selfish Gene,” the focus is on the gene itself. In “The Extended Phenotype” the focus is on the full range of impacts that genes have on their “vehicles” and beyond.

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    • Richard Dawkins
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    • Oxford University Press, USA
  4. Oxford University Press, 2016 - Nature - 468 pages. In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked...

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  5. The Extended Phenotype refers to phenotypes as manifestations of genetic variation that confer differential survival to any organisms whose genes contribute to that variation.

  6. The Long Reach of the Gene Year published: 1982 Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 978-0-19-878891-1 One of the most outstanding intelligences in modern British science.

  7. Jun 5, 2018 · When Richard Dawkins published his book on the Extended Phenotype (EP) in 1982 ( The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene ), it was received as an interesting but relatively minor addition to evolutionary theory primarily confined to a few poster child examples such as beaver dams and termite nests.

  8. Dec 28, 1989 · Richard Dawkins offers a controversial reinterpretation of that idea in The Extended Phenotype, now being reissued to coincide with the publication of the second edition of his highly-acclaimed The Selfish Gene. He proposes that we look at evolution as a battle between genes instead of between whole organisms.

    • Richard Dawkins
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