Embryology, epigenesis, and evolution : taking development seriously / / Jason Scott Robert [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Robert Jason Scott
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| Titolo: |
Embryology, epigenesis, and evolution : taking development seriously / / Jason Scott Robert [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xvi, 158 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 571.8 |
| Soggetto topico: | Developmental biology - Philosophy |
| Embryology - Philosophy | |
| Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy | |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-155) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ; 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Embryology, Epigenesis & Evolution |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Embryology, epigenesis, and evolution |
| ISBN: | 1-107-14644-5 |
| 1-280-44940-3 | |
| 9786610449408 | |
| 0-511-18558-8 | |
| 0-511-18475-1 | |
| 0-511-18739-4 | |
| 0-511-32701-3 | |
| 0-511-49854-3 | |
| 0-511-18646-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910784443703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology.