The Genetic Book of the Dead Quotes

“The phenotypic expression of a gene can extend even to living bodies other than the body in which the gene sits.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie

“In other words, a selection pressure too weak to be detectable by field geneticists is capable of yielding major evolutionary change so fast that it could look instantaneous to geologists.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie

“Natural selection doesn't care about general benefit. Quite the contraty. It cares only about benefit to the individual and its close relations, at the expense of competitors.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie

“How long will it take for (such) a new mutation to spread through half the population? His answer is mere 11,739 generations if the gene is dominant, 321,444 generations if it is recesive.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie

“Most mutations pass unnoticed by natural selection. This is because they are not translated into a changed protein, therefore nothing changes in the organism.”
― Richard Dawkins, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie