《延伸的表型》内容简介

　　达尔文演化理论学者都要读一读的书，用一种特殊的方式看待动物和植物。

　　《延伸的表型》是英国著名演化生物学家理查德·道金斯经典作品，是其代表作《自私的基因》的续篇。

　　道金斯在书中回应了学界对《自私的基因》中各理论的批评，澄清了诸多误解，并扩展了基因的表型效应的范围：表型不再只是基因所在躯体的可见特征，它可延伸至更广阔的环境中，甚至包括其他生物体的特征。这种理论被道金斯称为“延伸的表型”，并早已被证明是非常有影响力的一种基因解读方法，为我们理解演化和自然世界提供了独特视角。

　　道金斯通过严谨的论证与生动的思想实验，通过对基因决定论、基因选择论、复制因子、越轨基因、修饰基因、自私的基因、个体适合度等概念的探讨，对共同演化、生存竞争、寄生虫对宿主的操纵、生物对无生命世界的操纵等现象的分析，深入地阐述了“延伸的表型”的理念，以及到底什么是基因的表型效应，充分讨论了关于“选择单位”的争论，引领读者以一种不同的方式来看待动物及其行为，理解演化和自然世界。

　　这本书论述严谨扎实，见解独到深刻，思路清晰，语言流畅，兼具一定的学术深度与可读性，与《自私的基因》《盲眼钟表匠》一起，被视为道金斯“遗传学三部曲”。

　　作者简介

　　理查德·道金斯

　　RichardDawkins，1941—

　　英国皇家科学院院士，牛津大学首席西蒙尼“公众理解科学教授”，演化生物学家。他是英国著名科普作家，几乎每本书都是畅销书，并经常在各大媒体引起轰动。

　　2005年，英国《前景》杂志会同美国《外交政策》杂志评选出在世的全球100名最有影响力的公共知识分子，道金斯赫然在列。

　　1976年出版的《自私的基因》是他最重要的代表作，他的基因观念颠覆了我们对自身的幻觉，深刻影响了整整一个时代。

　　其他作品包括《祖先的故事》《盲眼钟表匠》《地球上最伟大的表演》《解析彩虹》《魔鬼的牧师》《攀登不可能之山》等。

"Extended Phenotype" content introduction

The Darwinian book, which all evolutionary theorists should read, looks at animals and plants in a special way.

The Extended Phenotype is a classic work by Richard Dawkins, a famous British evolutionary biologist, and a continuation of his masterpiece The Selfish Gene.

In this book, Dawkins responds to the academic criticism of the theories in the Selfish Gene, clarifies many misconceptions, and expands the scope of the phenotypic effects of genes: phenotypes are no longer just visible features of the body in which the gene is located, but can be extended to the wider environment, and even include the characteristics of other organisms. This theory, which Dawkins calls "extended phenotyping," has proven to be an influential way to interpret genes, providing a unique perspective on evolution and the natural world.

Through rigorous demonstration and vivid thought experiments, Dawkins explores the concepts of genetic determinism, gene selection, replicators, deviant genes, modified genes, selfish genes, individual fitness, and analyzes the phenomena of coevolution, survival competition, parasite manipulation of the host, and biological manipulation of the inliving world. It explores in depth the idea of "extended phenotypes" and what exactly is the phenotypic effect of genes, discusses the debate about "selective units" and leads readers to a different way of looking at animals and their behavior, understanding evolution and the natural world.

This book is rigorous and solid, with unique insights, clear thinking, fluent language, and a certain degree of academic depth and readability. Together with "The Selfish Gene" and "The Blind Watchmaker", it is regarded as Dawkins' "genetics trilogy".

About the author

Richard Dawkins

RichardDawkins, 1941 --

Fellow of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Simone "Professor of the Public Understanding of Science" at Oxford University, evolutionary biologist. He is a famous British popular science writer, almost every book is a best seller, and often in the major media sensation.

In 2005, Prospect magazine and Foreign Policy magazine ranked Dawkins among the world's 100 most influential living public intellectuals.

The Selfish Gene, published in 1976, is his most important masterpiece, and his idea of genes has profoundly influenced an entire era by subverting our illusions about ourselves.

Other works include The Story of the Ancestors, The Blind Watchmaker, The Greatest Show on Earth, Parsing the Rainbow, The Devil's Priest, and Climbing the Impossible Mountain.