Developmental Biology, Natural Selection, and the Conceptual Boundaries of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis

Using the evolution of the stickleback family of subarctic fish as a touchstone, we explore the effect of new discoveries about regulatory genetics, developmental plasticity, and epigenetic inheritance on the conceptual foundations of the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis. Identifying the creativity of...

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Main Author: Depew, David J. 1942- (Author)
Contributors: Weber, Bruce H. (Other)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Zygon
Year: 2017, Volume: 52, Issue: 2, Pages: 468-490
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Developmental biology / Natural selection / Theory of evolution
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
CF Christianity and Science
Further subjects:B population genetics
B Modern Evolutionary Synthesis
B Natural Selection
B phenotypic plasticity
B sticklebacks
B epigenetic inheritance
B Adaptation
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