Embryology Epigenesis And Evolution
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Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution
Author: Jason Scott Robert
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2004-03-04
Historically, philosophers of biology have tended to sidestep the problem of development by focusing primarily on evolutionary biology and, more recently, on molecular biology and genetics. Quite often too, development has been misunderstood as simply, or even primarily, a matter of gene activation and regulation. Nowadays a growing number of philosophers of science are focusing their analyses on the complexities of development, and in Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution Jason Scott Robert explores the nature of development against current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution (evo-devo), an area of resurgent biological interest. Clearly written, this book should be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology.
The Changing Role of the Embryo in Evolutionary Thought
Author: Ron Amundson
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2005-03-14
In this book Ron Amundson examines two hundred years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). This perspective challenges several popular views about the history of evolutionary thought by claiming that many earlier authors had made history come out right for the Evolutionary Synthesis. The book starts with a revised history of nineteenth-century evolutionary thought. It then investigates how development became irrelevant with the Evolutionary Synthesis. It concludes with an examination of the contrasts that persist between mainstream evolutionary theory and evo-devo. This book will appeal to students and professionals in the philosophy and history of science, and biology.
From Epigenesis to Epigenetics
Today it is acknowledged that the expression of the genome depends on its intracellular, intercellular, organismic and environmental contexts. This text brings together reflections of researchers in molecular and developmental biology and philosophy of science on this field of biological research.