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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.

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1. The Modern Synthesis: a Neo-Darwinian, Genotypic View of Heredity and Evolution; 2. Characterizing Inheritance Systems; 3. The Evolutionary Implications of Nongenetic Inheritance; 4. Philosophical Implications: Is An Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Necessary?

Inheritance Systems and the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 6/4/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781108716024, 978-1108716024
      ISBN10: 1108716024
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      Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      1. The Modern Synthesis: a Neo-Darwinian, Genotypic View of Heredity and Evolution; 2. Characterizing Inheritance Systems; 3. The Evolutionary Implications of Nongenetic Inheritance; 4. Philosophical Implications: Is An Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Necessary?

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