Chapter 2

Evolution: What it Means and How we Know

Kenneth M. Weiss

Kenneth M. Weiss

Fellow

Pennsylvania State University, USA

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Anne V. Buchanan

Anne V. Buchanan

Research Associate

Pennsylvania State University, USA

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First published: 03 March 2010
Citations: 3

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • A Matter of Time

  • The Gene as Icon and Metaphor

  • The Central Dogma: It is not a Dogma any More, but is it Central?

  • Another Dogma that is not

  • The Consequences of Evolution by Phenotype

  • Some Controversies that are not

  • Phenogenomic VS Phenogenetic Evolution: A Reconceptualization of Evolution?

  • The Collapse of Possibilities and Oversimplified Views of Evolution

  • Social Misuses of Darwinian Reflexes

  • Finally, do Genes Matter?

  • References

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