Genetics and the logic of evolution /
In this book the authors draw on what is known, largely from recent research, about the nature of genes and cells, the genetics of development and animal and plant body plans, intra-- and interorganismal communication, sensation and perception, to propose that a few basic generalizations, along with...
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Table of Contents:
- Machine derived contents note: Preface: What this Book is About and Philosophy of Biology.
- Technical Notes.
- Acknowledgments.
- Part I: Understanding Biological Complexity: Basic Concepts And Principles.
- 1. Prospect: The Basic Postulates of Life.
- 2. Conceptual and Analytic Approaches to Evolution.
- 3. Evolution by Phenotype: How Change Happens in Life.
- Part Ii: Building Blocks Of Life: A Genetic Repertoire For Evolving Complexity.
- 4. The Storage and Flow of Biological Information.
- 5. Genotypes and Phenotypes.
- 6. A Cell is Born.
- 7. A Repertoire of Basic Genetic Mechanisms.
- Part Iii: Internal Awareness Of Self Communication Within The Organism.
- 8. Making More of Life: Many Sides of 'Reproduction'.
- 9. Scaling Up: How Cell Build an Organism.
- 10. Communicating Between Cells.
- 11. Detecting and Destroying INternal Invaders.
- Part Iv: External Awareness: Open-Ended Detection Of The Environment.
- 12. Detecting Physical Variability in the Environment.
- 13. Chemical Signing and Sensation from the Outside World.
- 14. Detecting Light.
- 15. The Development and Structure of Nervous Systems.
- 16. Perceiving: Integrating Signals from the Environment.
- Part V: Finale: Evolutionary Order And Disorder Between Phenotypes And Genotypes.
- 17. A Great Chain of Beings.
- Biblioraphy.
- Index.
