Concept of the Gene in Development and Evolution - POD TITLE

Klappentext This interdisciplinary collection of essays questions: what are genes? Zusammenfassung This collection of essays renews the question: what are genes? This book is unique in that it is the first interdisciplinary volume! written by philosophers! historians and working scientists! solely devoted to the quest for the gene. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Genes and Traits: 1. The dissolution of protein coding genes in molecular biology Thomas Fogle; 2. The differential concept of the gene: past and present Sara Schwartz; 3. Gene concepts and genetic concepts Fred Gifford; Part II. Extracting The Units Of Heredity: 4. From measurement to organization: a philosophical scheme for the history of the concept of heredity Jean Gayon; 5. From gene to genetic hierarchy: Richard Goldschmidt and the problem of the gene Michael R. Dietrich; 6. Seymour Benzer and the definition of the gene Frederic L. Holmes; Part III. Genetic Programs and Developmental Genes: 7. Decoding the genetic program Evelyn Fox Keller; 8. Genes classical and developmental: the different use of genes in evolutionary synthesis Scott F. Gilbert; 9. The developmental gene concept: history and limits Michel Morange; Part IV. Conceptual Perspectives: 10. Gene concepts: fragments from the perspective of molecular biology Hans-Jörg Rheinberger; 11. Reproduction and the reduction of genetics James R. Griesemer; 12. A unified view of the gene, or how to overcome reductionism Peter J. Beurton; The gene - a concept in tension: A critical overview Raphael Falk.

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• Authors: Peter J. Beurton
• Assisted by: Peter J. Beurton (Editor), Beurton Peter J. (Editor), Raphael Falk (Editor), Falk Raphael (Editor), Hans-Jorg Rheinberger (Editor), Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2008
• EAN: 9780521060240
• ISBN: 978-0-521-06024-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Genetics (non-medical)