Mechanistic philosophies of development: Theodor Boveri and Eric H. Davidson
| Autor: | Caianiello, Silvia |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
0303 health sciences Aquatic Organisms Mechanistic philosophy History 19th Century Aquatic Science Biology History 20th Century Eric H. Davidson 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Invertebrates Epistemology Experiment 03 medical and health sciences Entwicklungsmechanik Computational systems biology Vertebrates Genetics Evolutionary developmental biology Animals Theodor Boveri 030304 developmental biology Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Marine genomics 44 (2019): 32–51. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2018.09.009 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Caianiello, Silvia/titolo:Mechanistic philosophies of development: Theodor Boveri and Eric H. Davidson/doi:10.1016%2Fj.margen.2018.09.009/rivista:Marine genomics (Print)/anno:2019/pagina_da:32/pagina_a:51/intervallo_pagine:32–51/volume:44 |
| ISSN: | 1876-7478 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.margen.2018.09.009 |
| Popis: | Theodor Boveri's (1862-1915) and Eric Davidson's (1937-2015) achievements represent thoroughly two quite distant time frames in the history of the mechanistic approaches to development, that Jane Maienschein (2014) has characterized respectively as the era of the "experimental embryo" and of the "computed embryo". Nonetheless, Davidson's special bond to Boveri is meant to emphasize the genealogical continuity of an embryological tradition of mechanistic philosophy that, differently from molecular biology, is committed to an explanation of the hereditary transmission of organization. Davidson's genealogical claim is reconsidered through a contextualized analysis of the function of machine-like models and of the role of experiment in the making of their respective mechanistic philosophies. This analysis may help to shed light on resilience and change in the understanding of a mechanistic approach to development. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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