书名：The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene延伸的表现型

作者：Richard Dawkins理查德·道金斯
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出版时间：2016
语种：英语
ISBN：9780198788911
商品尺寸：12.7 x 3.6 x 19.3 cm
包装：平装
页数：496（以实物为准）
In The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins crystallized the gene's eye view of evolution developed by W.D. Hamilton and others. The book provoked widespread and heated debate. Written in part as a response, The Extended Phenotype gave a deeper clarification of the central concept of the gene as the unit of selection; but it did much more besides. In it, Dawkins extended the gene's eye view to argue that the genes that sit within an organism have an influence that reaches out beyond the visible traits in that body - the phenotype - to the wider environment, which can include other individuals. So, for instance, the genes of the beaver drive it to gather twigs to produce the substantial physical structure of a dam; and the genes of the cuckoo chick produce effects that manipulate the behaviour of the host bird, making it nurture the intruder as one of its own. This notion of the extended phenotype has proved to be highly influential in the way we understand evolution and the natural world. It represents a key scientific contribution to evolutionary biology, and it continues to play an important role in research in the life sciences. 

The Extended Phenotype is a conceptually deep book that forms important reading for biologists and students. But Dawkins' clear exposition is accessible to all who are prepared to put in a little effort.

Review
The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene ... he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort(John Maynard Smith, LRB)

This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.(Science)
理查德·道金斯（Richard Dawkins，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”，进化论生物学家。他是英国著名科学作家，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。
其他主要作品有《延伸的表型》《祖先的故事》《盲眼钟表匠》《地球上伟大的表演》《解析彩虹》《魔鬼的牧师》《攀登不可能的山峰》等。

Professor Richard Dawkins is one of the most influential science writers and communicators of our generation. He was the first holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he held from 1995 until 2008, and is Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford. His bestselling books include The Selfish Gene (1976), The Extended Phenotype (1982) and its sequel The Blind Watchmaker (1986), River Out of Eden (1995), Climbing Mount Improbable (1996), Unweaving the Rainbow (1998), A Devil's Chaplain (2004), The Ancestor's Tale (2004), and The God Delusion (2007). He has won many literary and scientific awards, including the 1987 Royal Society of Literature Award, the 1990 Michael Faraday Award of the Royal Society, the 1994 Nakayama Prize for Human Science, the 1997 International Cosmos Prize, and the Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest in 2009.