selfish gene

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

selfish gene (plural selfish genes)

  1. (evolutionary theory) The gene regarded as the primary driver and beneficiary of the evolutionary process.

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