Lamarck'S Signature
How Retrogenes are Changing Darwin's Natural Selection Paradigm
Allen & Unwin (Publisher)
Published on 1. September 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-86448-796-1 (ISBN)
Description
This text challenges the accepted theory on the genetic mechanism of evolution. The traditional neo-darwinian view is that we are at the mercy of our genes which we inherit, largely unchanged, from our parents, apart from random mutations which accumulate and lead to change over evolutionary time. The work shows that for one adaptive body system there is strong molecular genetic evidence that aspects of acquired immunities developed by parents during their lifetime may be passed on to their children. This gives new credibility to the Lamarckian heresy - the notion of the inheritance of acquired characteristics, which has, until now, been refuted.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86448-796-1 (9781864487961)
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Persons
Edward J. Steele is an Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Wollongong, Robyn A. Lindley is Senior Lecturer in the School of Information Technology and Computer Science at the University of Wollongong, and Robert V. Blanden is Professor and Head of the Division of Immunology and Cell Biology in the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University.
Content
PrefaceAcknowledgementsDogmaTables and figures1. The twin legacies of Lamarck and Darwin2. In the beginning there was RNA3. Why the immune system is so interesting4. The idea of 'Clonal Selection'5. Somatic mutation6. Soma-to-germline feedback7. Beyond the immune system?EpilogueAppendixGlossaryNotesBiblographyIndex