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Evo-devo and “typological thinking”: an exculpation

✍ Scribed by Tim Lewens

Book ID
102341498
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
77 KB
Volume
312B
Category
Article
ISSN
1552-5007

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Many biologists, historians and philosophers of biology have followed Mayr in rejecting so‐called “typological thinking.” It should therefore be a cause for concern that modern evolutionary‐developmental biology appears committed to various typological notions. This article distinguishes three accusations that have been levelled against the typological thinker. It argues that although there are indeed typological themes within evo‐devo, they do not impugn its respectability as a research program. Moreover, an appreciation of the sense in which evo‐devo is typological allows us to understand the distinctive contribution evo‐devo can make to evolutionary studies. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 312B:789–796, 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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