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The Selfish Gene
by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)
by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author)
Rohini Nair's review
bookshelves: evolutionary-genetics
Feb 20, 12
bookshelves: evolutionary-genetics
Recommended to Rohini by:
Riku Sayuj
Read from January 12 to February 20, 2012
Selfish gene is the story of evolution and animal behaviour written in an almost impeccable style by Dawkins through the language of genes.
With advances in biology, we definitely need to employ this outlook towards understanding why and how does an organism evolve from a single celled free living entity to merged symbiotic establishments eventually giving rise to complex multicellular organisms. It is all the course of the 'selfish gene' trying to survive in this dynamic, highly selective world. In fact, every animal/plant behaviour can be reasoned out through their underlying genes.
Dawkins' analogies are simply wonderful when he explains such a slow complex phenomenon of evolution. This book has definitely given me a different perspective in analysing and comprehending the link between species development and genes per se. A must-read for those who want to know the mystery of how and why many of us are here in this planet.
All the world's a stage, And all the beings merely players- the story,however, is being directed and narrated by the Genes!
With advances in biology, we definitely need to employ this outlook towards understanding why and how does an organism evolve from a single celled free living entity to merged symbiotic establishments eventually giving rise to complex multicellular organisms. It is all the course of the 'selfish gene' trying to survive in this dynamic, highly selective world. In fact, every animal/plant behaviour can be reasoned out through their underlying genes.
Dawkins' analogies are simply wonderful when he explains such a slow complex phenomenon of evolution. This book has definitely given me a different perspective in analysing and comprehending the link between species development and genes per se. A must-read for those who want to know the mystery of how and why many of us are here in this planet.
All the world's a stage, And all the beings merely players- the story,however, is being directed and narrated by the Genes!
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Reading Progress
| 01/13/2012 |
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5.0% | ||
| 01/17/2012 |
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20.0% | "Replicators and Survival machines! Dawkins' analogies are fascinating!" | |
| 01/23/2012 |
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31.0% | "The gamble of the genes, Causes tremor in their survival machines." | |
| 01/30/2012 |
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50.0% | ""We humans are familiar with rules, and so powerful are they that if we are small minded we obey a rule itself, even when we can see perfectly well that it is not doing us, or anybody else, any good."" | |
| 02/01/2012 |
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55.0% | "Of screaming genes and selfish genes.." | |
| 02/04/2012 | page 155 |
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43.0% | "Exploitation for survival!" |
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Feb 20, 2012 04:59pm
Less than a month this time. Good going. :)
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