DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS
Abstract Using the evolution of the stickleback family of subarctic fish as a touchstone, we explore the effect of new discoveries about regulatory genetics, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic inheritance on the conceptual foundations of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis. Identifying the creat...
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cropenlibhum:10.1111/zygo.12332 2024-09-09T20:10:51+00:00 DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS with Fraser Watts and Michael J. Reiss, “Holistic Biology: What It Is and Why It Matters”; Michael Ruse, “The Christian's Dilemma: Organicism or Mechanism?”; David J. Depew and Bruce H. Weber, “Developmental Biology, Natural Selection, and the Conceptual Boundaries of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis”; Ilya Gadjev, “Epigenetics, Representation, and Society”; Harris Wiseman, “Systems Biology and Predictive Neuroscience: A Double Helical Approach”; Richard Gunton and Francis Gilbert, “Laws in Ecology: Diverse Modes of Explanation for a Holistic Science?; and Niels Henrik Gregersen, “The Exploration of Ecospace: Extending or Supplementing the Neo‐Darwinian Paradigm?” Depew, David J. Weber, Bruce H. John Templeton Foundation 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12332 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fzygo.12332 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/zygo.12332 en eng Open Library of the Humanities http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Zygon® volume 52, issue 2, page 468-490 ISSN 0591-2385 1467-9744 journal-article 2017 cropenlibhum https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12332 2024-06-25T04:07:18Z Abstract Using the evolution of the stickleback family of subarctic fish as a touchstone, we explore the effect of new discoveries about regulatory genetics, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic inheritance on the conceptual foundations of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis. Identifying the creativity of natural selection as the hallmark of the Modern Synthesis, we show that since its inception its adherents have pursued a variety of research projects that at first seemed to conflict with its principles, but were accommodated. We situate challenges coming from developmental biology in a dialectic between innovation and tradition, suggesting on the basis of past episodes that even if developmental plasticity and epigenetic inheritance are aligned with its principles the Modern Synthesis (and its image in the public reception of evolution) will be significantly affected. Article in Journal/Newspaper Subarctic Open Library of Humanities (OLH) Zygon® 52 2 468 490 |
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Abstract Using the evolution of the stickleback family of subarctic fish as a touchstone, we explore the effect of new discoveries about regulatory genetics, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic inheritance on the conceptual foundations of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis. Identifying the creativity of natural selection as the hallmark of the Modern Synthesis, we show that since its inception its adherents have pursued a variety of research projects that at first seemed to conflict with its principles, but were accommodated. We situate challenges coming from developmental biology in a dialectic between innovation and tradition, suggesting on the basis of past episodes that even if developmental plasticity and epigenetic inheritance are aligned with its principles the Modern Synthesis (and its image in the public reception of evolution) will be significantly affected. |
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS |
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS |
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS |
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS |
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DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES OF THE MODERN EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS |
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developmental biology, natural selection, and the conceptual boundaries of the modern evolutionary synthesis |
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