Eva Jablonka

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Eva Jablonka (Hebrew: חווה יבלונקה‎) is a Geneticist known especially for her interest in epigenetic inheritance. Born in 1952 in Poland, she emigrated to Israel in 1957. She is a professor at the Cohn Institute for the History of Philosophy of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and was awarded the Landau Prize of Israel in 1981 and the Marcus prize in 1988. She publishes about evolutionary themes, especially epigenetics. Her emphasis in non-genetic forms of evolution has won her a great interest of support from those attempting to expand the scope of evolutionist thinking into other spheres.

Since "academic and political issues cannot really be kept apart" Jablonka is quite engaged in politics.

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In English:

Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb (1995). Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolution: the Lamarckian Dimension, Oxford University Press.
Eytan Avital and Eva Jablonka. (2000) Animal Traditions: Behavioural Inheritance in Evolution. Cambridge University Press.
Eva Jablonka and Marion J. Lamb (2005) Evolution in Four Dimensions: Genetic, Epigenetic, Behavioral, and Symbolic Variation in the History of Life. MIT Press.

In Hebrew:

Eva Jablonka (1994) History of Heredity. Ministry of Defence Publishing House, Israel.
Eva Jablonka (1994-1997) Evolution: A Textbook in Evolutionary Biology for the Open University, Israel. Open University Press. 7 units. 700 pages.