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Essays on His Life and Thought in Russia and America
E-Book, Englisch, Band 226, 262 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6380-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Preface vii
Acknowledgments A
INTRODUCTION I
Introduction: Theodosius Dobzhansky in Russia and America Mark B. Adams 3
Theodosius Dobzhansky: A Family Story Sophia Dobzhansky Coe 13
PART ONE: RUSSIAN ROOTS 29
Dobzhansky and Russian Entomology: The Origin of His Ideas on Species and Speciation Nikolai L. Krementsov 31
Filipchenko and Dobzhansky: Issues in Evolutionary Genetics in the 1920S Daniel A. Alexandrov 49
From the Archives: Dobzhansky in Kiev and Leningrad Mikhail B. Konashev 63
PART TWO: THE MORGAN LAB 85
Theodosius Dobzhansky, the Morgan Lab, and the Breakdown of the Naturalist/ Experimentalist Dichotomy, 1927-1947 Garland E. Allen 87
The Origin of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species Fly Room West: Dobzhansky, D. pseudoobscura, and Scientific Practice Robert E. Kohler 115
Dobzhansky on Evolutionary Dynamics: Some Questions about His Russian Background Richard M. Burian 129
PART THREE: THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY 141
Dobzhansky, Waddington, and Schmalhausen: Embryology and the Modern Synthesis Scott F Gilbert 143
Theodosius Dobzhansky Remembered: Genetic Coadaptation Bruce Wallace 155
Dobzhansky, Artificial Life, and the "Larger Questions" of Evolution Charles E. Taylor 163
PART FOUR: DOBZHANSKY'S WORLDVIEW 177
The Evolutionary Worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky Costas B. Krimbas 179
Dobzhansky and the Biology of Democracy: The Moral and Political Significance of Genetic Variation John Beatty 195
Dobzhansky in the "Nature-Nurture" Debate Diane B. Paul 219
Dobzhansky and the Problem of Progress Michael Ruse 233
Contributors 247