Screen LibraryThe epistemology of development, evolution, and genetics：selected essays
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, England New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology |
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| Carrier Form: | xiii, 274 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0521836751 (hbk.) 0521545285 (pbk.) |
| Index Number: | Q3 |
| CLC: | Q3 |
| Call Number: | Q11/B958 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. |