Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution - Jason Scott Robert

Embryology, Epigenesis and Evolution

Taking Development Seriously
Buch | Hardcover
176 Seiten
2004
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-82467-5 (ISBN)
113,45 inkl. MwSt
This book explores the nature of development against current trends in biological theory and practice and looks at the interrelations between development and evolution, an area of resurgent biological interest. Clearly written, it should be of interest to students and professionals in the philosophy of science and the philosophy of biology.
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.

List of figures; Preface; 1. The problem of development; 2. Exemplars; 3. Scylla and Charybdis; 4. Constitutive epigenetics; 5. Creative development; 6. A new synthesis?; 7. The devil is in the Gestalt; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 4.3.2004
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
Zusatzinfo 9 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 160 x 236 mm
Gewicht 425 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Evolution
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Genetik / Molekularbiologie
ISBN-10 0-521-82467-2 / 0521824672
ISBN-13 978-0-521-82467-5 / 9780521824675
Zustand Neuware
Haben Sie eine Frage zum Produkt?
Mehr entdecken
aus dem Bereich
Komplette Neuübersetzung. Mit einem Nachwort von Josef H. Reichholf.

von Charles Darwin

Buch | Hardcover (2018)
Klett-Cotta (Verlag)
48,00
Wie die Vernichtung der Arten unser Überleben bedroht - Der …

von Matthias Glaubrecht

Buch | Softcover (2023)
Penguin (Verlag)
15,00