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Author Lewontin, Richard, 1929-2021

Title The triple helix : gene, organism, and environment / Richard Lewontin.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  572.8 LEWONTIN    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  572.801 LEWONTIN    Check Shelf
Description 136 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note Portions previously published as: Gene, organismo e ambiente. Roma : Laterza, 1998.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-132).
Summary "In The Triple Helix, Lewontin exposes some of the common and troubling misconceptions that misdirect and stall our understanding of biology and evolution." "The central message of this book is that we will never fully understand living things if we continue to think of genes, organisms, and environments as separate entities, each with its distinct role to play in the history and operation of organic processes. Here Lewontin shows that an organism is a unique consequence of both genes and environment, of both internal and external features. 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.
Contents Gene and organism -- Organism and environment -- Parts and wholes, causes and effects -- Directions in the study of biology.
Subject Molecular biology -- Philosophy.
Developmental biology -- Philosophy.
Ecology -- Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology)
Molecular Biology.
Ecology.
Evolution, Molecular.
Added Author Lewontin, Richard, 1929-2021. Gene, organismo e ambiente.
ISBN 0674001591
9780674001596
0674006771
9780674006775
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