Orthogenesis versus Darwinism / Igor Popov ; translated by Natalia Lentsman.
Popov, Igor, author.; Lentsman, Natalia, translator.
2018
QH366.2
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Title Orthogenesis versus Darwinism / Igor Popov ; translated by Natalia Lentsman.
Author Popov, Igor, author.
ISBN 9783319951447 (electronic book)
3319951440 (electronic book)
9783319951430
3319951432
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95144-7
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018]
Copyright ©2018
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-95144-7 doi
Call Number QH366.2
Dewey Decimal Classification 576.8
Summary "This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenesis has something to offer modern biology. Darwinism claims that evolution occurs by selection from an extensive random variability. An alternative viewpoint--that the material for variability is limited and organisms are predisposed to vary in certain directions--is the essence of evolutionary concepts that can be grouped together under the name of orthogenesis. Dating back to Lamarck, orthogenesis has existed in many guises. Branded as mystical and discarded as unscientific, it keeps re-emerging in evolutionary discussions."-- Provided by publisher.
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Intro; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Part I: Orthogenesis: A History; Chapter 2: The Sources. Formation of the Concept of Directed Evolution in the Nineteenth Century; References; Chapter 3: Evolutionary Biology at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. New Concepts of Directed Evolution in the 1900-1930s; References; Chapter 4: Declarations in Favour of Orthogenesis in the 1900-1930s; References; Chapter 5: Orthogenesis and the Modern Evolutionary Synthesis; References; Chapter 6: New Concepts of Directed Evolution in the Recent History of Evolutionary Biology; References.

Chapter 7: Statements in Support of Orthogenesis in the 1950s and LaterReferences; Part II: Orthogenesis: Pro et Contra; Chapter 8: "Laws" in Biology; References; Chapter 9: Species Senescence; References; Chapter 10: Adaptation or Non-adaptation?; References; Chapter 11: Anticipation, Parallelisms and Convergences; References; Chapter 12: Constraints on Variation; References; Chapter 13: Direct Impact of the Environment on Evolution and the Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics; References; Chapter 14: Mystics or Unrealised Synthesis?; References; Chapter 15: Conclusion; References; Index.

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