Modern theories of development: an introduction to theoretical biology

Title Page......Page 3
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 9
1. The Crisis in Bioogy......Page 11
2. The Tasks of Theoretical Biology......Page 15
3. The System of Biology......Page 17
4. The Method of Theoretical Biology......Page 32
I. Mechanism......Page 38
2. Vitalism......Page 53
3. Foundations of Organismic Biology......Page 56
III The Problem of Development as a Foundation of Theoretical Biology: Defintions......Page 77
IV The Machine Theory and the Foundation of Developmental Mechanics......Page 83
V Vitalism......Page 88
VI Goldschmidt's Physiological Theory of Inheritance......Page 95
I The Crystal Analogy......Page 110
2. The Gestalt Theory......Page 112
VIII The Organismic Theories......Page 119
IX Spemann's Doctrine of Developmental Organizers......Page 131
X The Present-Day Picture of the Developmental Process......Page 139
A. Formation......Page 149
B. Segregation......Page 152
C. Differentiation......Page 164
D. Growth......Page 168
E. Polarity and Symmetry......Page 171
F. Regeneration......Page 178
XI The Historical Character of the Organism......Page 183
XII The System Theory......Page 187
XIII Conclusion......Page 198
List Of Literature......Page 201
Index of Authors......Page 211
Subject Index......Page 213