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- The idea of the extended phenotype (EP), which was first proposed by the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins to explain how and why organisms—or, more fundamentally, their genes—are able to manipulate their environment (Dawkins, 1982), has been the focus of intense debate and much research for more than 20 years.
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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
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.
- Philip Hunter
- 10.15252/embr.201846477
- 2018
- EMBO Rep. 2018 Jul; 19(7): e46477.
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.
- Philip Hunter
- 2018
In his book, The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene, Dawkins observed that, “ [the extended phenotype] so far changes the way we see animals and plants that it may cause us to think of testable hypotheses that we would otherwise never have dreamed of.”
- Philip Hunter
- 10.1038/embor.2009.18
- 2009
- EMBO Rep. 2009 Mar; 10(3): 212-215.
Jan 1, 1982 · The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene. Richard Dawkins. 4.11. 9,254 ratings226 reviews. People commonly view evolution as a process of competition between individuals—known as “survival of the fittest”—with the individual representing the “unit of selection.”
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.
