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

emanuele.serrelli@unimib.ithttp://www.epistemologia.eu

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pbs.org

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huxley.net

experimental genetics Theodosius Dobzhansky

paleontologyGeorge Gaylord Simpson

evolutionary theoryJulian Huxley

ornithology, the naturalistsErnst Mayr

skeptic.com

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Sewall Wright

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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)

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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

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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

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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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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

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http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/are-we-ready-for-an-extended-evolutionary-

synthesis/

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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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