Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

Elements in the Philosophy of Biology

by Eva Jablonka, Marion Lamb

Current knowledge of the genetic, epigenetic, behavioural and symbolic systems of inheritance requires a revision and extension of the mid-twentieth-century, gene-based, 'Modern Synthesis' version of Darwinian evolutionary theory. We present the case for this by first outlining the history that led to the neo-Darwinian view of evolution. In the second section we describe and compare different types of inheritance, and in the third discuss the implications of a broad view of heredity for various aspects of evolutionary theory. We end with an examination of the philosophical and conceptual ramifications of evolutionary thinking that incorporates multiple inheritance systems.

Genres: Biology, Science

96 pages, Paperback

Published June 4, 2020

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[LRKK · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such complex material explained so well. Moreover, this small volume valuably explains why the issue of complex inheritance matters.