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| self·ish gene (plural self·ish genes) |
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gene that exploits organism: a gene that exploits the organism in which it occurs as a vehicle for its self-perpetuation. Posited by the biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976, it overturns the traditional concept of the gene serving as a vehicle of inheritance for the organism.
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