Epigenetic inheritance and evolution : the Lamarckian dimension
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Epigenetic inheritance and evolution : the Lamarckian dimension
Oxford University Press, 1995
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-329) and index
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内容説明
This book discusses the evidence for and against the heritability of acquired characters. Does the inheritance of acquired characteristics play a significant role in evolution? In this original and potentially controversial book the authors explore an often neglected aspect of Darwinian evolution - the nature and origin of hereditary variations. The theory of evolution proposed by Jean-Baptise Lamarck (1744-1829), that characteristics developed during life by use and disuse can be inherited by offspring, lost support among Western scientists because it lacked definite proof. Jablonka and Lamb do not act as advocates or apologists for Lamarck, but they do challenge the prevailing assumption that all heritable variation is the random result of variation in DNA base sequence. Looking afresh at the evidence for and against the heritability of environmentally induced changes, the authors ask some timely questions about the importance of non-mendelian inheritance. This important work will be of great interest to all biologists and historians of science.
This book is intended for students and researchers in evolution, genetics, ecology, molecular biology, developmental biology, and general biology. Historians and philosophers of science.
目次
- The legacy of Lamarckism
- Neo-Darwinian explanations of the inheritance of acquired characters
- Induced genetic variations
- Cellular heredity: epigenetic inheritance systems
- Genomic imprinting: the inheritance of directed epigenetic variations
- Interactions between genetic and epigenetic inheritance
- The role of epigenetic inheritance systems in adaptive evolution
- Heredity and the origin of species
- Multiple inheritance systems.
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