Genes in development : re-reading the molecular paradigm

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duke University Press.

Contributor:

Neumann-Held, Eva M.

Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph, 1959-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

Science and cultural theory.

Science and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developmental genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 p.)

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Durham [N.C.] Duke University Press 2006

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the debate on the biological significance and cultural meaning of genes in the development of organisms -- the molecular paradigm.

Contents:

Genome analysis and developmental biology: the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system / Thomas Burglin

Genes and form: inherency in the evolution of developmental mechanisms / Stuart A. Newman and Gerd B. Muller

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822387336

0822387336

OCLC:

226068001