Pradeu, Thomas and Laplane, Lucie and Prévot, Karine and Hoquet, Thierry and Reynaud, Valentine and Fusco, Giuseppe and Minelli, Alessandro and Orgogozo, Virginie and Vervoort, Michel (2016) Defining "Development". Current topics in developmental biology, 117. pp. 171-83. ISSN 1557-8933
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Abstract
Is it possible, and in the first place is it even desirable, to define what "development" means and to determine the scope of the field called "developmental biology"? Though these questions appeared crucial for the founders of "developmental biology" in the 1950s, there seems to be no consensus today about the need to address them. Here, in a combined biological, philosophical, and historical approach, we ask whether it is possible and useful to define biological development, and, if such a definition is indeed possible and useful, which definition(s) can be considered as the most satisfactory.
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| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics |
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| Depositing User: | Thomas Pradeu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 22 May 2016 16:27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 22 May 2016 16:27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Item ID: | 12107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Current topics in developmental biology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.10.012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Biology > Developmental Biology Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics |
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| Date: | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 171-83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 117 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1557-8933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/12107 |
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