English Explanatory Dictionary

selfish gene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The gene regarded as the primary driver and beneficiary of the evolutionary process.

Word forms

selfish gene selfish genes

Etymology

Coined by British biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene.

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