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Cover: 9783319041407 | On the Origin of Autonomy | Bernd Rosslenbroich | Buch | XII | 2014

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Beschreibung

This volume describes features of autonomy and integrates them into the recent discussion of factors in evolution. In recent years ideas about major transitions in evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. They include questions about the origin of evolutionary innovation, their genetic and epigenetic background, the role of the phenotype and of changes in ontogenetic pathways. In the present book, it is argued that it is likewise necessary to question the properties of these innovations and what was qualitatively generated during the macroevolutionary transitions.
The author states that a recurring central aspect of macroevolutionary innovations is an increase in individual organismal autonomy whereby it is emancipated from the environment with changes in its capacity for flexibility, self-regulation and self-control of behavior.
The first chapters define the concept of autonomy and examine its history and its epistemological context. Later chapters demonstrate how changes in autonomy took place during the major evolutionary transitions and investigate the generation of organs and physiological systems. They synthesize material from various disciplines including zoology, comparative physiology, morphology, molecular biology, neurobiology and ethology. It is argued that the concept is also relevant for understanding the relation of the biological evolution of man to his cultural abilities.
Finally the relation of autonomy to adaptation, niche construction, phenotypic plasticity and other factors and patterns in evolution is discussed. The text has a clear perspective from the context of systems biology, arguing that the generation of biological autonomy must be interpreted within an integrative systems approach.

Zusammenfassung

Synthesizes material from many disciplines including zoology, comparative physiology and ethology

Provides a systems biology perspective on an interdisciplinary topic

Examines a fundamental question in evolutionary biology

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

What is the outcome of evolution?.- The problem of macroevolutionary trends.- The concept of biological autonomy.- The major transitions in early evolution.- The Cambrian explosion and thereafter.- Fluid management in animals.- Reproduction.- Nervous systems and the flexibility of movements.- Endothermy.- The evolution of brains and behavior: is there a trend?.- The evolution of man.- Conclusion and implications.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Philosophie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Buch
Seiten:	312
Reihe:	History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Inhalt:	xii 297 S. 61 s/w Illustr. 297 p. 61 illus.
ISBN-13:	9783319041407
ISBN-10:	3319041401
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	86334912
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Rosslenbroich, Bernd
Auflage:	2014
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
Maße:	241 x 160 x 23 mm
Von/Mit:	Bernd Rosslenbroich
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.04.2014
Gewicht:	0,635 kg

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