Replicator: “We will call it Replicator. It may not necessarily have been the biggest or the most complex molecule around, but it had the extraordinary property of being able to create copies of itself.” (Pg. 15 The Selfish Gene) Definition: noun. Something that makes an exact copy of itself; reproduces
Template: “The replicator would act as a template not for an identical copy, but for a kind of ‘negative’, which would in its turn re-make an exact copy of the original positive” (pg. 16 The Selfish Gene) Definition: noun. Something serving as a model
Longevity: “Replicators of high longevity would therefore tend to become more numerous and, other things being equal, there would have been an ‘evolutionary trend’ towards greater longevity in the population of molecules.” (Pg. 17 The Selfish Gene) Definition: Noun. Length or duration of life
Evolution: “Evolution is something that happens, willy-nilly, in spite of all the efforts of the replicators (and nowadays of the genes) to prevent it happening.” (Pg. 18 The Selfish Gene) Definition: noun. Change in the gene pool of a population from generation to generation by processes such as mutation, natural selection and genetic drift
Competition: “We can now see the less that less-favored varieties must actually become less numerous because of competition, and ultimately many of their lines must have gone extinct” (pg.19 The Selfish Gene) Definition: noun. The act of competing, rivalry for supremacy, survival.
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