CONTENTS // Preface ix // 1. How to Construct an Organism 1 // 2. Heredity from First Principles 8 // 3* The Triumph of the Gene 24 // 4. Monsters, Worms, and Rats 51 // 5. The Nongenetic Inheritance Spectrum 69 // 6. Evolution with Extended Heredity 102 // 7. Why Extended Heredity Matters 115 // 8. Apples and Oranges? 137 // 9. A New Perspective on Old Questions 158 // 10. Extended Heredity in Human Life 192 // Acknowledgments 221 // Notes 223 // Bibliography 255 // Index // 281