The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis:new theory, new practices, new marketing, or new narratives?
Emanuele Serrelli
• “Riccardo Massa” Department of Human SciencesUniversity of Milano Bicocca, ITALY
• Lisbon Applied Evolutionary Epistemology LabUniversidade de Lisboa
[email protected]://www.epistemologia.eu
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pbs.org
pbs.org
huxley.net
experimental genetics Theodosius Dobzhansky
paleontologyGeorge Gaylord Simpson
evolutionary theoryJulian Huxley
ornithology, the naturalistsErnst Mayr
skeptic.com
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Sewall Wright
sciencemag.org
Ronald Fisher
J.B.S. Haldane
theoretical genetics
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MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
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Missing elements:
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
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Missing elements:(1) development
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
EES: back to a theory of form
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
EES: back to a theory of form
Pieces of the EES:
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
EES: back to a theory of form
Pieces of the EES:(1) evolvability, (modularity, robustness)
sabato 22 giugno 13
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
EES: back to a theory of form
Pieces of the EES:(1) evolvability, (modularity, robustness)(2) phenotypic plasticity, genetic accommodation
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
EES: back to a theory of form
Pieces of the EES:(1) evolvability, (modularity, robustness)(2) phenotypic plasticity, genetic accommodation(3) epigenetic and multiple inheritance
sabato 22 giugno 13
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
EES: back to a theory of form
Pieces of the EES:(1) evolvability, (modularity, robustness)(2) phenotypic plasticity, genetic accommodation(3) epigenetic and multiple inheritance(4) complexity theory
sabato 22 giugno 13
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Missing elements:(1) development(2) ecology(3) implications of the “-omics revolution” (neutralism, genotype-phenotype)(4) phenomena e.g. plasticity, evolutionary capacitance, epigenetic inheritance
MS: from a theory of form to a theory of genes
EES: back to a theory of form
Pieces of the EES:(1) evolvability, (modularity, robustness)(2) phenotypic plasticity, genetic accommodation(3) epigenetic and multiple inheritance(4) complexity theory(5) updated adaptive landscapes
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:Modularity
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:ModularityPhenotypic plasticity
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:ModularityPhenotypic plasticityEvolutionary innovation
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:ModularityPhenotypic plasticityEvolutionary innovation
Theoretical implications for extending the MS:
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:ModularityPhenotypic plasticityEvolutionary innovation
Theoretical implications for extending the MS:
Evolvability
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:ModularityPhenotypic plasticityEvolutionary innovation
Theoretical implications for extending the MS:
EvolvabilityEmergence
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Evo-devo: "a causal mechanistic approach towards the understanding of phenotypic change in evolution"
Major theoretical themes:ModularityPhenotypic plasticityEvolutionary innovation
Theoretical implications for extending the MS:
EvolvabilityEmergenceOrganization
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• Stebbins, G.L. & Ayala, F.J., 1981. Is a new evolutionary synthesis necessary? Science (New York, N.Y.), 213(4511), pp.967–71.
• Gould, S.J., 1982. Darwinism and the expansion of evolutionary theory. Science (New York, N.Y.), 216(4544), pp.380–7.
• Eldredge, Niles (1985), Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Endler JA (1986). The newer synthesis? Some conceptual problems in evolutionary biology. Ox. Sur. Evol. Biol. 9:238-259.
• Johnson N.A., P.A.H., 2001. Toward a new synthesis: Population genetics and evolutionary developmental biology. Genetica, 112-113, pp.45–58.
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Mechanisms of horizontal evolution
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Massimo Pigliucci. An Extended Synthesis for
Evolutionary Biology. The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2009: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1168:
218–228 (2009).
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Massimo Pigliucci. An Extended Synthesis for
Evolutionary Biology. The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2009: Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 1168:
218–228 (2009).
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Jerry Coyne
16 Feb 2009
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/are-we-ready-for-an-extended-evolutionary-
synthesis/
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pbs.org
pbs.org
huxley.net
experimental genetics Theodosius Dobzhansky
paleontologyGeorge Gaylord Simpson
evolutionary theoryJulian Huxley
ornithology, the naturalistsErnst Mayr
skeptic.com
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Sewall Wright
sciencemag.org
Ronald Fisher
J.B.S. Haldane
theoretical genetics
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