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Idealization in evolutionary developmental investigation: a tension between phenotypic plasticity and normal stages.

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 27 Feb 2010

Love Alan C

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Idealization is a reasoning strategy that biologists use to describe, model and explain that purposefully departs from features known to be present in nature. Similar to other strategies of scientific reasoning, idealization combines distinctive strengths alongside of latent weaknesses. The study of ontogeny in model organisms is usually executed by establishing a set of normal stages for embryonic development,...

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Animals
Biological Evolution
Genetic Variation
Growth and Development
Life Cycle Stages
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Systems Biology

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PMID: 20083642
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0262
PMCID: PMC2817145

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