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The epistemology of development, evolution, and genetics : selected essays /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Burian, Richard M.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Colección:Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology
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Acceso en línea:Table of contents
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.