LEADER 04575nam 22006735 450 001 9910484609103321 005 20200920134940.0 010 $a3-319-04141-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-04141-4 035 $a(CKB)2560000000148985 035 $a(EBL)1697906 035 $a(OCoLC)880836268 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001205003 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11674072 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001205003 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11181358 035 $a(PQKB)11570405 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1697906 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-04141-4 035 $a(PPN)178319198 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000148985 100 $a20140415d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the Origin of Autonomy$b[electronic resource] $eA New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution /$fby Bernd Rosslenbroich 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (302 p.) 225 1 $aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1948 ;$v5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-04140-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aWhat is the outcome of evolution? -- The problem of macroevolutionary trends -- The concept of biological autonomy -- The major transitions in early evolution -- The Cambrian explosion and thereafter -- Fluid management in animals -- Reproduction -- Nervous systems and the flexibility of movements -- Endothermy -- The evolution of brains and behavior: is there a trend? -- The evolution of man -- Conclusion and implications. 330 $aThis volume describes features of biological autonomy and integrates them into the recent discussion of factors in evolution. In recent years ideas about major transitions in evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. They include questions about the origin of evolutionary innovation, their genetic and epigenetic background, the role of the phenotype, and of changes in ontogenetic pathways. In the present book, it is argued that it is likewise necessary to question the properties of these innovations and what was qualitatively generated during the macroevolutionary transitions. The author states that a recurring central aspect of macroevolutionary innovations is an increase in individual organismal autonomy whereby it is emancipated from the environment with changes in its capacity for flexibility, self-regulation and self-control of behavior. The first chapters define the concept of autonomy and examine its history and its epistemological context. Later chapters demonstrate how changes in autonomy took place during the major evolutionary transitions and investigate the generation of organs and physiological systems. They synthesize material from various disciplines including zoology, comparative physiology, morphology, molecular biology, neurobiology and ethology. It is argued that the concept is also relevant for understanding the relation of the biological evolution of man to his cultural abilities. Finally the relation of autonomy to adaptation, niche construction, phenotypic plasticity and other factors and patterns in evolution is discussed. The text has a clear perspective from the context of systems biology, arguing that the generation of biological autonomy must be interpreted within an integrative systems approach. 410 0$aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1948 ;$v5 606 $aBiology?Philosophy 606 $aEvolutionary biology 606 $aHistory 606 $aPhilosophy of Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34010 606 $aEvolutionary Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L21001 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 615 0$aBiology?Philosophy. 615 0$aEvolutionary biology. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Biology. 615 24$aEvolutionary Biology. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a128 700 $aRosslenbroich$b Bernd$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01227025 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484609103321 996 $aOn the Origin of Autonomy$92849098 997 $aUNINA