The concept of the gene in development and evolution : historical and epistemological perspectives / edited by Peter J. Beurton, Raphael Falk, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger.

Other author Beurton, Peter J.
Other author Falk, Raphael.
Other author Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Descriptionxvi, 384 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCambridge studies in philosophy and biology
Cambridge studies in philosophy and biology. ^A355783
Contents The dissolution of protein coding genes in molecular biology / T. Fogle -- The differential concept of the gene: past and present / S. Schwartz -- Gene concepts and genetic concepts / F. Gifford -- From measurement to organization: a philosophical scheme for the history of the concept of heredity / J. Gayon -- From gene to genetic hierarchy: Richard Goldschmidt and the problem of the gene / M.R. Dietrich --Seymour Benzer and the definition of the gene / F.L. Holmes -- Decoding the genetic program: or, some circular logic in the logic of circularity / E. Fox Keller -- Genes classical and genes developmental: the different use of genes in evolutionary syntheses / S.F. Gilbert -- The development gene concept: history and limits / M. Morange -- Gene concepts: fragments from the perspective of molecular biology / H.-J. Rheinberger -- Reproduction and the reduction of genetics / J.R. Griesemer -- A unified view of the gene, or how to overcome reductionism / P.J. Beurton -- The gene - a concept in tension / R. Falk.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 99042106
ISBN0521771870 :

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