Gene-centered view of evolution
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gene-centered-view-of-evolution-184-4559915
title:
Gene-centered view of evolution
text:
The gene-centered view of evolution, gene's eye view, gene selection theory, or selfish gene theory holds that adaptive evolution occurs through the differential survival of competing genes, increasing the allele frequency of those alleles whose phenotypic trait effects successfully promote their own propagation. The proponents of this viewpoint argue that, since heritable information is passed from generation to generation almost exclusively by DNA, natural selection and evolution are best cons
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encyclopedia
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Theory of the "selfish gene"
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene-centered_view_of_evolution
date created:
2005-03-29T00:02:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T04:24:25Z
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