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The epistemology of development, evolution, and genetics : selected essays /
These essays examine the developments in three fundamental biological disciplines - embryology, evolutionary biology, and genetics. These disciplines were in conflict for much of the twentieth century and the essays in this collection examine key methodological problems within these disciplines and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- General Introduction
- How the choice of experimental organism matters: epistemological reflections on an aspect of biological practice
- Unification and coherence as methodological objectives in the biological sciences
- "Adaptation"
- The influence of the evolutionary paadigm
- "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" (Theodosius Dobzhansky)
- On conceptual change in biology: the case of the gene
- Technique, task definition, and the transition from genetics to molecular genetics: aspects of the work on protein synthesis in the laboratories of J. Monod and P. Zamecnik
- Too many kinds of genes? Some problems posed by discontinuities in gene concepts and the continuity of the genetic material
- Lillie's paradox- or some hazards of cellular geography
- On conflicts between genetics and developmental viewpoints- and their attempted resolution in molecular biology
- Reconceiving animals and their evolution: on some consequences of new research on the modularity of development and evolution.