Extended Heredity: A New Understanding of Inheritance and Evolution

Bonduriansky & Day have written a book of great clarity, and have done so with great care. Whether you are open to the idea of non-genetic inheritance or not, this thought provoking book deserves a close reading. --Inquisitive Biologist This lively and enjoyable book articulates the role of nongenic inheritance as an essential aspect of evolutionary biology. Extended Heredity is a most welcome contribution to the field. --Jan Sapp, author of The New Foundations of Evolution Clear and timely, Extended Heredity looks at the evolutionary importance of nongenetic inheritance and how it offers exciting research perspectives. This book will have a major influence on how nongenetic inheritance will be dealt with in future years, by both believers and skeptics of the concept. --Anne Charmantier, French National Center for Scientific Research The most compelling and accessible account of this topic to date. ---Kevin Laland, Science Extended Heredity [shows] how far the mainstream has shifted to include epigenetic forces alongside genes as drivers of who and what we are. ---Liz Else and Simon Ings, New Scientist A work of great clarity. Bonduriansky and Day provide an absorbing account of evolution in which a menagerie of epigenetic forces joins our genes as the drivers of who we are and what we are like. --Mark Pagel, author of Wired for Culture