NICHE CONSTRUCTION. “The phenomenon of a species creating an important aspect of its environment and stably transmitting this environment across generations, known as niche construction, is a widespread form of epigenetic transmission. Niche construction includes gene–environment coevolution, because a genetically induced environmental regularity becomes the basis for genetic selection, and gene mutations that give rise to novel niche elements will survive if they are fitness-enhancing for their constructors.”
http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/366/1566/878
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022