Evolution and the Developmental Challenge

Dickins, Thomas E.

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“…Depending on who you ask, and when, the Modern Synthesis has meant different things (Huxley 1942;Provine 1971;Mayr and Provine 1980;Gould 1983;Smocovitis 1996;Pigliucci and Müller 2010;Huneman and Walsh 2017;Dickins 2021). That is perhaps not too surprising, given that it involved contributions from fields ranging from palaeontology to plant ecology, physiology to fly genetics.…”

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Genes and Organisms in the Legacy of the Modern Synthesis

Ågren

2023

Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development

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The gene's-eye view of evolution is an influential but contentious perspective on biology. It emerged in the aftermath of the Modern Synthesis and both proponents and detractors have stressed the link between the two. In particular, both the Modern Synthesis and the gene's-eye view have been criticized for overemphasizing the role genes at the expense of organisms in evolutionary explanations. In this chapter, I discuss the connection between the Modern Synthesis and the gene's-eye view and evaluate the status of genes and organisms in contemporary biology. I show that while the gene's-eye view traces its origin back to the Modern Synthesis, it can most accurately be said to represent a specific -adaptationist and gene-centric -version of it. To assess the role of genes and organisms, I examine the intimate relationship between the gene's-eye view and another post-Synthesis development, the concept of inclusive fitness. I argue that the popularity and influence of inclusive fitness theory demonstrate that the individual organism remains safe at the heart of modern evolutionary biology.

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Genes and Organisms in the Legacy of the Modern Synthesis

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2023

Evolutionary Biology – New Perspectives on Its Development

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Evolution and the Developmental Challenge

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Genes and Organisms in the Legacy of the Modern Synthesis

Genes and Organisms in the Legacy of the Modern Synthesis

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