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Autor:
Pierre-Luc Germain, Lucie Laplane
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 32:281-287
In response to Germain (Biol Philos 27:785–810, 2012. doi:10.1007/s10539-012-9334-2) argument that evolution by natural selection has a limited explanatory power in cancer, Lean and Plutynski (Biol Philos 31:39–57, 2016. doi:10.1007/s10539-015-95
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 31:39-57
One of the major developments in cancer research in recent years has been the construction of models that treat cancer as a cellular population subject to natural selection. We expand on this idea, drawing upon multilevel selection theory. Cancer is
Autor:
Nicholas Shea, Russell Powell
Publikováno v:
Powell, R & Shea, N 2014, ' Homology across inheritance systems ', BIOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 781-806 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-014-9433-3
Recent work on inheritance systems can be divided into inclusive conceptions, according to which genetic and non-genetic inheritance are both involved in the development and transmission of nearly all animal behavioral traits, and more demanding conc
Autor:
Pierrick Bourrat
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 29:517-538
For evolution by natural selection to occur it is classically admitted that the three ingredients of variation, difference in fitness and heredity are necessary and sufficient. In this paper, I show using simple individual-based models, that evolutio
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 28:299-330
In order to introduce protists to philosophers, we outline the diversity, classification, and evolutionary importance of these eukaryotic microorganisms. We argue that an evolutionary understanding of protists is crucial for understanding eukaryotes
Autor:
David C. Queller
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 26:905-913
Biologists and philosophers differ on whether selection should be analyzed at the level of the gene or of the individual. In Peter Godfrey-Smith’s book, Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection, he argues that individuals can be good members of
Autor:
David Haig
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 22:415-428
August Weismann rejected the inheritance of acquired characters on the grounds that changes to the soma cannot produce the kind of changes to the germ-plasm that would result in the altered character being transmitted to subsequent generations. His i
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 20:517-544
The themes, problems and challenges of developmental systems theory as described in Cycles of Contingency are discussed. We argue in favor of a robust approach to philosophical and scientific problems of extended heredity and the integration of behav
Autor:
Evelyn Fox Keller
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 13:113-118
Autor:
Thomas Fogle
Publikováno v:
Biology & Philosophy. 5:349-371
Definitions of the term ‘gene’ typically superimpose molecular genetics onto Mendelism. What emerges are persistent attempts to regard the gene as a ‘unit’ of structure and/or function, language that creates multiple meanings for the term and