Philosophy of Developmental Biology

by Marcel Weber

The history of developmental biology is interwoven with debates as to whether mechanistic explanations of development are possible or whether alternative explanatory principles or even vital forces need to be assumed. In particular, the demonstrated ability of embryonic cells to tune their developmental fate precisely to their relative position and the overall size of the embryo was once thought to be inexplicable in mechanistic terms. Taking a causal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009184156
• ISBN13: 9781009184151
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"