genome the autobiography of a species in 23 chapters - matt ridley

《genome the autobiography of a species in 23 chapters - matt ridley》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。

1、Theauthorisgratefultothefollowingpublishersforpermissiontoreprintbriefextracts:HarvardUniversityPressforfourextractsfromNancyWexler'sarticleinTheCodeofCodes,editedbyD.KevlesandR.Hood(pp.62-9);AurumPressforanextractfromTheGeneHuntersbyWilliamCookson(p.78);MacmillanPressf

2、orextractsfromPhilosophicalEssaysbyA.J.Ayer(p.338)andWhatRemainstoBeDiscoveredbyJ.Maddox(p.194);W.H.FreemanforextractsfromTheNarrowRoadsofGeneLandbyW.D.Hamilton(p.131);OxfordUniversityPressforextractsfromTheSelfishGenebyRichardDawkins(p.122)andFatalProteinbyRosalindRidl

3、eyandHarryBaker(p.285);WeidenfeldandNicolsonforanextractfromOneRenegadeCellbyRobertWeinberg(p.237).Theauthorhasmadeeveryefforttoobtainpermissionforallotherextractsfrompublishedworkreprintedinthisbook.ThisbookwasoriginallypublishedinGreatBritainin1999byFourthEstateLimite

4、d.GENOME.Copyright©1999byMattRidley.Allrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Nopartofthisbookmaybeusedorreproducedinanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutwrittenpermissionexceptinthecaseofbriefquotationsembodiedincriticalarticlesandreviews.ForinformationaddressHarperColl

5、insPublishers,Inc.,10East53rdStreet,NewYork,NY10022.HarperCollinsbooksmaybepurchasedforeducational,business,orsalespromotionaluse.Forinformationpleasewrite:SpecialMarketsDepartment,HarperCollinsPublishers,Inc.,10East53rdStreet,NewYork,NY10022.FIRSTU.S.EDITIONLibraryofCo

6、ngressCataloging-in-PublicationDataRidley,MattGenome:theautobiographyofaspeciesin23chapters/MattRidley.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-06-019497-91.HumangenomePopularworks.2.HumangeneticsPopularworks.I.Title.QH431.R4752000599.93'5—dc2199-40933000102

7、0304RRD10987654321CONTENTSAcknowledgementslPreface31Life112Species233History384Fate545Environment656Intelligence767Instinct91XandYConflict1078Self-interest1229Disease13610Stress14711Personality16112Self-Assembly17313Pre-History18514Immortality19515Sex20616Memory21917Dea

8、th23118Cures24319Prevention25820Politics27121Eugenics28622FreeWill301BibliographyandNotes314Index337ALSOBYMATT