LEADER 04426nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910781903503321 005 20231206204226.0 010 $a1-282-85963-3 010 $a9786612859632 010 $a0-7735-6962-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773569621 035 $a(CKB)1000000000520918 035 $a(OCoLC)144083812 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135066 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282568 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220192 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282568 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10323465 035 $a(PQKB)10599177 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400004 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330941 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141612 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285963 035 $a(OCoLC)929121206 035 $a(DE-B1597)656792 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773569621 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/5210j5 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330941 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245338 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000520918 100 $a20010202d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe origin of species, revisited$b[electronic resource] $ea Victorian who anticipated modern developments in Darwin's theory /$fDonald R. Forsdyke 210 $aKingston, Ont. ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-2259-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tPrologue -- $tSearch for a Victorian -- $tEvolution of Languages and Species -- $tVariation, Heredity, Phenotypic and Reproductive Selection -- $tDarwin?s Difficulties -- $tHybrid Sterility -- $tPhysiological Selection -- $tFailure of Meiotic Pairing -- $tConjugation of the Chromosomes -- $tWhy Sex? -- $tThe Species-Dependent Component of Base Composition -- $tMolecular Biology -- $tPrimary and Secondary Levels of Information -- $tThe Dominance of the Genome Phenotype -- $tInitiation of Speciation -- $tRelationship to Physiological Selection -- $tThe Divergence and Convergence of Species -- $tSelfish Genes and Selfish Groups -- $tSlow Fine-Tuning of Sequences -- $tFine-Tuning of RNAs -- $tRNAs Driving on the Wrong Side -- $tProtein Concentration and Genetic Dominance -- $tSex Chromosomes -- $tThe Darwinian Struggle for Truth -- $tThe Philosopher -- $tHuxley and the Philosopher?s Wife -- $t?We Commend This State of Mind? -- $tEpilogue -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aThe trail led first to Joseph Hooker and Thomas Huxley, who had been both the theory's strongest supporters and its most penetrating critics, and eventually to Darwin's young research associate, the Victorian Georges Romanes, and to the Victorian-Edwardian, William Bateson. Although these men were well-known, their resolution of the origin of species paradox has either been ignored (Romanes), or ignored and reviled (Bateson). Four years after Darwin's death, Romanes published a theory of the origin of species by means of "physiological selection" that resolved the inconsistencies in Darwin's theory and introduced the idea of a "peculiarity" of the reproductive system that allowed selective fertility between "physiological complements." Forsdyke argues that the chemical basis of the origin of species by physiological selection is actually the species-dependent component of the base composition of DNA, showing that Romanes thus anticipated modern biochemistry. Using this new perspective Forsdyke considers some of the outstanding problems in biology and medicine, including the question of how "self" is distinguished from "not-self" by members of different species. Finally he examines the political and ideological forces that led to Romanes' contribution to evolutionary biology which has remained unappreciated until now. 606 $aEvolution (Biology)$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aEvolution (Biology)$xHistory 676 $a576.8/2/094109034 700 $aForsdyke$b Donald R$0857090 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781903503321 996 $aThe origin of species, revisited$93820289 997 $aUNINA