noun
selfish gene
A biological concept from Richard Dawkins' theory, referring to the gene-centered view of evolution.
利己的遺伝子の概念は、進化生物学でよく議論される。
The concept of the selfish gene is often discussed in evolutionary biology.
A calque of the English term 'selfish gene', coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book. The Japanese term is a direct translation: 利己的 (selfish) + 遺伝子 (gene).