New findings in molecular biology challenge the genecentered version of darwinian theory according to which adaptation occurs only through natural selection of chance dna variations. Genetic, epigenetic, behavioral, and symbolic variation in the history of life by the evolutionary biologists eva jablonka and marion j. A growing number of investigations show that lifestyle cha. Born in 1952 in poland, she emigrated to israel in 1957. The book is one of the best written that i have read in years. Genetic, epigenetic, behavioral, and symbolic variation in the history of life mit, 2005. May 19, 2006 read evolution in four dimensions, journal of heredity on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Evolution in four dimensions eva jablonka, marion j lamb. Genetic epigenetic behavioral and symbolic variation in the history of life life and mind. Lamb, anna zeligowski published by the mit press jablonka, eva, et al. They ideas about heredity and evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change.
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