Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/0f1GlJ Extended Heredity A New Understanding of Inheritance and Evolution By: Russell Bonduriansky; Troy Day Publisher: Princeton University Press Print ISBN: 9780691204147, 0691204144 eText ISBN: 9781400890156, 1400890152 Copyright year: 2018 Format: EPUB Available from $ 29.95 USD SKU 9781400890156 How genes are not the only basis of heredity—and what this means for evolution, human life, and disease For 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. Additional ISBNs 9780691157672, 0691157677
