Orthogenesis versus Darwinism
This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenesis has something to offer modern biology. Darwinism claims that evolution occurs by selection from an...
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| Médium: | Elektronický zdroj E-kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Springer International Publishing,
2018.
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| Vydání: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| ISBN: | 9783319951447 |
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- Part 1. Orthogenesis: a history
- Chapter 1. The sources. Formation of the concept of directed evolution in the 19th century
- Chapter 2. Evolutionary biology at the turn of the 20th century. New concepts of directed evolution in the 1900-1930s
- Chapter 3. Declarations in favour of orthogenesis in the 1900-1930s
- Chapter 4. Orthogenesis and the modern evolutionary synthesis
- Chapter 5. New concepts of directed evolution in the recent history of evolutionary biology
- Chapter 6. Statements in support of orthogenesis in the 1950s and later
- Part 2. Orthogenesis: Pro et Contra
- Chapter 7. "Laws" in biology. - Chapter 8. Species senescence
- Chapter 9. Adaptation or non-adaptation?
- Chapter 10. Anticipation, parallelisms and convergences
- Chapter 11. Constraints on variation
- Chapter 12. Direct impact of the environment on evolution and the inheritance of acquired characteristics
- Chapter 13. Mystics or unrealised synthesis? Chapter 14. Conclusion.