Chapter 4
Development and Evolution Revisited
Book Editor(s):Kathryn E. Hood, Carolyn Tucker Halpern,
Gary Greenberg, Richard M. Lerner,
Carolyn Tucker Halpern
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
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This chapter contains sections titled:
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The Grandparent Effect and Epigenetic Inheritance
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“Epigenetic” Then and Now
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Gilbert Gottlieb's Legacy
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Lamarck's Theory of Evolution
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Darwin and the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis
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Evolution, Development, and Heredity
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The Genetic Paradigm and Neo-Darwinism
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The Revival of Epigenetic Approaches Since Darwin and the Neo-Darwinian Synthesis
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Waddington's Theory of Canalization and Genetic Assimilation
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Ho and Saunders' Epigenetic Theory of Evolution
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Rational Taxonomy Based on the Generative Dynamics of Biological Form
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Natural Selection and Molecular Evolution
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Epigenetic Complexity vs Genetic Diversity, Macroevolution vs Microevolution
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The Demise of the Genetic Paradigm and Mechanistic Biology
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The Vanishing Gene
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Subverting and Rewriting the Genetic Text
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Adaptive Mutations, When to Mutate or Not to Mutate
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Heredity and Evolution in the Light of the New Genetics and Epigenetics
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Genetic and Epigenetic Paradigms in the Study of Behavior
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Maternal “Instinct” Deconstructed
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Epigenetics of Maternal Behavior
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The Epigenetic Approach and the Continuity between Development and Evolution
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