Philosophers of science have tended to avoid the problem of "development" by focusing primarily on evolutionary biology and, more recently, on molecular biology and genetics. Jason Scott Robert explores the nature of development as it relates to current concepts in biological theory and practice and analyzes the interrelations between development and evolution (evo-devo), an area of resurgent biological inquiry.
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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. 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.
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The central problem of developmental biology is to understand how a relatively simple and homogeneous cellular mass can differentiate into a relatively complex and heterogeneous organism closely resembling its progenitor(s) in relevant respects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
genetic animism, genetic informationism, interactionist consensus, constitutive epigenetics, homeotic takeover, modem consensus, physicalist antireductionism, carapacial ridge, genetic primacy, context simplification, developmental modularity, organismal development, developmental systems theory, niche construction, evolutionary developmental biology, generative entrenchment, genetic programme, developmental systems perspective, entrenched elements, cell condensations, eyespot patterns, developmental evolution, mosaic development, blind cave fish, modern consensus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The central problem of developmental biology is to understand how a relatively simple and homogeneous cellular mass can differentiate into a relatively complex and heterogeneous organism closely resembling its progenitor(s) in relevant respects. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
genetic animism, genetic informationism, interactionist consensus, constitutive epigenetics, homeotic takeover, modem consensus, physicalist antireductionism, carapacial ridge, genetic primacy, context simplification, developmental modularity, organismal development, developmental systems theory, niche construction, evolutionary developmental biology, generative entrenchment, genetic programme, developmental systems perspective, entrenched elements, cell condensations, eyespot patterns, developmental evolution, mosaic development, blind cave fish, modern consensus Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Developmental Biology, Eighth Edition by Scott F. Gilbert on 4 pages
- Embryology And Genetics by Thomas Hunt Morgan on page 58, page 61, and Back Matter
- A History of Embryology (British Society for Developmental Biology Symposia) by J. J. Horder in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Genetics and Reductionism (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology) by Sahotra Sarkar in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- A Conceptual History of Modern Embryology by Professor Scott Gilbert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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