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They are in you and in me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the… — Richard Dawkins

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They are in you and in me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale for our existence...they go by the name of genes, and we are their survival machines.

Richard Dawkins
1976
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GeneticsBiology
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1976
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Richard Dawkins
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Dawkins, Richard. The Selfish Gene. Oxford University Press, 1976, ch. 2.

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