Comment by mr_toad
25 days ago
Dawkins original definition was an idea that replicated unchanged, in an analogy to a gene, which is essentially a unit of DNA small enough to replicate unchanged.
25 days ago
Dawkins original definition was an idea that replicated unchanged, in an analogy to a gene, which is essentially a unit of DNA small enough to replicate unchanged.
mostly unchanged (or rather, unchanged most of the time). Mutations still happen and are necessary for evolution.