| Description |
vi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Science and cultural theory |
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Science and cultural theory.
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| Contents |
Genome analysis and developmental biology: the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system / Thomas Bürglin -- Genes and form: inherency in the evolution of developmental mechanisms / Stuart A. Newman and Gerd B. Müller -- From genes as determinants to DNA as resource: historical notes on development and genetics / Sahotra Sarkar -- The origin of species: a structuralist approach / Gerry Webster and Brian C. Goodwin -- On the problem of molecular versus the organismic approach in biology / Ulrich Wolf -- Genes, development, and semiosis / Jesper Hoffmeyer -- The fearless vampire conservator: Phillip Kitcher, genetic determinism, and the informational gene / Paul E. Griffiths -- |
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Genetics from an evolutionary process perspective / James Griesemer -- Genes; causes; codes: deciphering DNA's ontological privilege / Eva M. Neumann-Held -- Boundaries and (constructive) interaction / Susan Oyama -- Beyond the gene but beneath the skin / Evelyn Fox Keller -- Poiesis and praxis: two modes of understanding development / Christoph Rehmann-Sutter -- Developmental emergence, genes, and responsible science / Brian C. Goodwin -- Nothing like a gene / Jackie Leach Scully |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Developmental genetics.
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Genetic Phenomena.
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Developmental Biology -- methods.
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Growth and Development -- genetics.
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DNA -- genetics.
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Evolution
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Genetic Determinism.
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Genetic Phenomena.
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| Author |
Neumann-Held, Eva M.
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Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph, 1959-
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| LC no. |
2005021633 |
| ISBN |
0822336561 cloth alkaline paper |
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0822336677 paperback alkaline paper |
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