UID:
almahu_9949383909902882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9780429841668
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0429841663
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9780429453090
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0429453094
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9780429841675
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0429841671
Uniform Title:
Comment dessiner un mouton?
Content:
"It is usually admitted that an organism is determined by its genetic information. In other words, the relationship between the genotype and the phenotype is strictly deterministic. However, it appears that this model does not explain several biological findings like the occurrence of complex genetic disorders. This book explores a new hypothesis on the relationship between genotype and phenotype. Here, the genotype provides only a number of possibilities more or less probable. On these bases, the organism realized itself, choosing among all the current possibilities. This idea is developed and discussed in the context of our current knowledge on complex genetic diseases, phenotypic plasticity, canalization, instinct, heredity and evolution. The book will interest biologists, geneticists, epistemologists, and medical scientists"--
Note:
English translation of: Comment dessiner un mouton? : essai sur la relation génotype/phénotype.
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"A Science Publishers book."
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Cover; Half Title; Abstract; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; Contents; Warning; Introduction: Complex Genetic Diseases; Part 1 The Genotype/PhenotypeRelationship; Chapter 1. The Beginnings of Life; Chapter 2. Genetic Program and Self-Organization; Chapter 3. The Phenotype; Chapter 4. The Role of Genes; Chapter 5. The Share of the Environment; Chapter 6. Analogy Between Organisms and Particles; Chapter 7. Phenotypic Plasticity; Chapter 8. Behavior; Part 2 Heredity; Chapter 9. Reproduction and Phenotypic Canalization; Chapter 10. Fertilization and Overlapping of Genotypes.
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Chapter 11. Nature of CanalizationChapter 12. Canalization: Experimental Data; Chapter 13. Implications of Canalization; Chapter 14. Canalization and Instinct; Part 3 Evolution; Chapter 15. Limits to Natural Selection; Chapter 16. Instinct and Evolution; Chapter 17. Biological Function; Chapter 18. Differentiation and Phenotypic Coherence; Chapter 19. Speciation; Chapter 20. Phenotypic Innovation; Conclusion; In Summary; Bibliography; Thanks; Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: A probabilistic model of the genotype/phenotype relationship Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018] ISBN 9781138320727
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1201/9780429453090
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429453090
