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Of course genes are not directly visible to selection. Obviously they are selected by virtue of their phenotypic effects, and certainly they can only be said to have phenotypic effects in concert with hundreds of other genes. But it is the thesis of this book that we should not be trapped into assuming that those phenotypic effects are best regarded as being neatly wrapped up in discrete bodies (or other discrete vehicles). The doctrine of the extended phenotype is that the phenotypic effect of
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― The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
― The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene
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There is little worse than when the person to whom you want to apologize is having great sex in your room.
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― We Shadows
― We Shadows
