书目名称 | On the Origin of Autonomy |
副标题 | A New Look at the Ma |
编辑 | Bernd Rosslenbroich |
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概述 | Synthesizes material from many disciplines including zoology, comparative physiology and ethology.Provides a systems biology perspective on an interdisciplinary topic.Examines a fundamental question i |
丛书名称 | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
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描述 | .This volume describes features of autonomy and integrates them into the recent discussion of factors in evolution. In recent years ideas about major transitions in evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. They include questions about the origin of evolutionary innovation, their genetic and epigenetic background, the role of the phenotype and of changes in ontogenetic pathways. In the present book, it is argued that it is likewise necessary to question the properties of these innovations and what was qualitatively generated during the macroevolutionary transitions..The author states that a recurring central aspect of macroevolutionary innovations is an increase in individual organismal autonomy whereby it is emancipated from the environment with changes in its capacity for flexibility, self-regulation and self-control of behavior..The first chapters define the concept of autonomy and examine its history and its epistemological context. Later chapters demonstrate how changes in autonomy took place during the major evolutionary transitions and investigate the generation of organs and physiological systems. They synthesize material from various disciplines including zoology, c |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | Biological autonomy; Biological autonomy and integrative systems approach; Cambrian explosion; Evolutio |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04141-4 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-35386-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-04141-4Series ISSN 2211-1948 Series E-ISSN 2211-1956 |
issn_series | 2211-1948 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 |