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The Cooperative Gene: How Mendel's Demon Explains the Evolution of Complex Beings

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The Cooperative Gene: How Mendel's Demon Explains the Evolution of Complex Beings

by Mark Ridley
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For those who find the conventional gene-eat-gene account of evolution suspiciously similar to the ideology of capitalism, Ridley (zoology, U. of Oxford) points out that complex organisms could not have arisen unless many genes--in the case of humans, about 30,000--learned how to work together. His main themes are mutational errors in the copying of DNA and how Mendelian inheritance is designed to prevent selfish genes from taking over. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com
Product Details

Author: Mark Ridley

Language: English

Edition: (Edition: 1)

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Free Press

Release Date: 2001-06-11

Pages: 336

ISBN: 0743201612

ISBN13: 9780743201612