Lamarck's Signature - Softcover

Steele, Edward J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0738201715 ISBN 13: 9780738201719

Publisher: Basic Books, 1999

Synopsis

Lamarck's Signature What if Lamarck, whose theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics was blown apart by Charles Darwin over a century ago, was partly right after all? In this daring book, Steele and company reveal their ground-breaking research that has uncovered strong molecular genetic evidence that aspects of acquired immunities developed by parents in their own lifetime can be passed on to their offsp Full description

About this title

From the Publisher:

Promises to be the most controversial science book of the year.

From the Back Cover:

This is an explosively controversial book that challenges the accepted theory on the genetic mechanism of evolution. The traditional neo-Darwinian view assumes we are at the mercy of our genes which we inherit largely unchanged from our parents except for random mutations whichaccumulates and lead to change of evolutionary time.

This book shows that for one adaptive body system there is strong molecular genetic evidence that aspects of acquired immunities developed by parents in their own lifetime can be passed on to their offspring. It gives new life and scientific credibility to the Lamarckian heresy - the notion of the inheritance of qcquired characteristics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0738201715
• ISBN 13: 9780738201719
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312