Richard Dawkins’ genocentric (“Selfish Gene”) view is a bad metaphor for most of what happens with sufficiently advanced life forms. Organism-centered view is a much better metaphor. New body forms and behaviors first appear in phenotype, in response to changing environment. Later, they get “written” into the genotype if the new environment persists for enough time. Baldwin effect is ubiquitous. (60%)
Richard Dawkins’ genocentric (“Selfish Gene”) view is a bad metaphor for most of what happens with sufficiently advanced life forms. Organism-centered view is a much better metaphor. New body forms and behaviors first appear in phenotype, in response to changing environment. Later, they get “written” into the genotype if the new environment persists for enough time. Baldwin effect is ubiquitous. (60%)