The Replicators
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The Replicators is a chapter in Richard Dawkins’ book "The Selfish Gene" that introduces and explores the concept of genes as fundamental units of natural selection and self-propagating information.
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| The Replicators canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8913244 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: The Replicators Context triple: [The Selfish Gene, hasChapter, The Replicators]
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A.
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
"Yesterday's Enterprise" is a critically acclaimed episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which a time rift brings a past Enterprise into a darker alternate timeline, forcing the crew to make a profound sacrifice to restore history.
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B.
Singularity
Singularity is a science-fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software that blends time-manipulation mechanics with action and horror elements.
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C.
The Mothership
The Mothership is the iconic, spaceship-like architectural structure of Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, famed for hosting legendary concerts and events.
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D.
the Borg
The Borg are a collective of cybernetic beings in the Star Trek universe who assimilate other species and technologies into their hive mind in pursuit of perfection.
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E.
Replicas
Replicas is a 2018 science fiction thriller film starring Keanu Reeves that explores the ethical and emotional consequences of human cloning and consciousness transfer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Replicators Target entity description: The Replicators is a chapter in Richard Dawkins’ book "The Selfish Gene" that introduces and explores the concept of genes as fundamental units of natural selection and self-propagating information.
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A.
"Yesterday's Enterprise"
"Yesterday's Enterprise" is a critically acclaimed episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which a time rift brings a past Enterprise into a darker alternate timeline, forcing the crew to make a profound sacrifice to restore history.
-
B.
Singularity
Singularity is a science-fiction first-person shooter video game developed by Raven Software that blends time-manipulation mechanics with action and horror elements.
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C.
The Mothership
The Mothership is the iconic, spaceship-like architectural structure of Hampton Coliseum in Virginia, famed for hosting legendary concerts and events.
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D.
the Borg
The Borg are a collective of cybernetic beings in the Star Trek universe who assimilate other species and technologies into their hive mind in pursuit of perfection.
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E.
Replicas
Replicas is a 2018 science fiction thriller film starring Keanu Reeves that explores the ethical and emotional consequences of human cloning and consciousness transfer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book chapter
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literary work ⓘ |
| argues |
that genes are the primary beneficiaries of evolution
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that organisms are survival machines for genes ⓘ |
| author | Richard Dawkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| describes |
genes as fundamental units of natural selection
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genes as self-propagating information ⓘ |
| explains |
competition between replicators
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how genes replicate through generations ⓘ survival of stable replicators ⓘ |
| explores |
evolution of complex organisms from simple replicators
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relationship between replicators and their vehicles ⓘ |
| field | evolutionary theory ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| includedInEdition | first edition of The Selfish Gene ⓘ |
| influenced |
memetics as an analogy to genetic replicators
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popular understanding of genes as information ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
evolutionary biology
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genes as replicators ⓘ natural selection ⓘ replicator concept ⓘ selfish gene theory ⓘ |
| partOf | The Selfish Gene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | 1976 ⓘ |
| publisherOfContainingWork | Oxford University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setsUp | conceptual framework for later chapters in The Selfish Gene ⓘ |
| usesConcept |
differential reproductive success of genes
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natural selection acting on replicators ⓘ |
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Subject: The Replicators Description of subject: The Replicators is a chapter in Richard Dawkins’ book "The Selfish Gene" that introduces and explores the concept of genes as fundamental units of natural selection and self-propagating information.
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