Article
Probabilistic epigenesis.
Developmental science - 1 Jan 2007
Gottlieb Gilbert
Abstract excerpt
The notion that phenotypic traits, including behavior, can be predetermined has slowly given way in biology and psychology over the last two decades. This shift in thinking is due in large part to the growing evidence for the fundamental role of developmental processes in the generation of the stability and variations in phenotype that researchers in developmental and evolutionary sciences seek to understand....
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Embryonic Development
- Environment
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Models, Biological
- Phenotype
- Probability