Plasticity in the life sciences / Antonine Nicoglou.

Concepts of plasticity in the history of the life sciences. Theories of plasticity in the philosophy of nature ; The plastic embryo ; The emergence of an operational concept of plasticity in genetics ; Plasticity in evolutionary biology: a boundary concept ; Defining plasticity
Biological plasticity: two ways to explain variation. Biological plasticity, an explanans in developmental process ; Biological plasticity, a synonym for biological regulation? ; Biological plasticity, an explanandum in evolutionary process ; Plasticity in the evolutionary developmental synthesis: toward an integration of explanations? ; Plasticity in the life sciences: resistance or recurrence.