How scientific progress occurs : incrementalism and the life sciences /
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Cold Spring Harbor, New York :
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press,
2018
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Scientific revolutions: paradigm shifts, incrementalism, or both?
- The cell : from empty boxes to coordinated organelles
- The theory of the gene : from abstract point to nucleotide sequence
- Mutation : from fluctuating variations to base alterations
- The life cycle : from spontaneous origin to simple and complex stages
- The molecular basis of life : from vitalism to organic molecules to macromolecules
- Sex determination : from wild guesses to reproductive biology
- Genotype and phenotype relations : from variations to genetic modifiers to epigenetics
- Microbial life : from invisible spores to germs and prokaryotic organisms
- Embryology : from philosophic forms to epigenetic organogenesis
- Cell organelles : from cell theory to cell biology
- Evolution : from guesswork to natural selection, to molecular phylogeny
- How does science usually work?