Developmental plasticity, evolution and the origins of disease
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Henry Stewart Talks
2007, 2007
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| Series: | Evolution and medicine : how new applications advance research and practice
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| Collection: | Henry Stewart Talks - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Developmental plasticity
- Genes and environment in development
- Adaptive developmental decisions and their betrayal if conditions change
- Phenotypic accommodation
- Multiple pathways
- Myth of single gene control
- Blueprints and programs as false metaphors
- Cross-generational continuity of the phenotype
- Origins of novel phenotypes including disease