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The Evolutionary Worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky
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Costas B. Krimbas
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- PREFACE vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
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INTRODUCTION
- Introduction: Theodosius Dobzhansky in Russia and America 3
- Theodosius Dobzhansky: A Family Story 13
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PART ONE. RUSSIAN ROOTS
- Dobzhansky and Russian Entomology: The Origin of His Ideas on Species and Speciation 31
- Filipchenko and Dobzhansky: Issues in Evolutionary Genetics in the 1920s 49
- From the Archives: Dobzhansky in Kiev and Leningrad 63
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PART TWO. THE MORGAN LAB
- Theodosius Dobzhansky, the Morgan Lab, and the Breakdown of the Naturalist/Experimentalist Dichotomy, 1927-1947 87
- The Origin of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species 99
- Fly Room West: Dobzhansky, D. pseudoobscura, and Scientific Practice 115
- Dobzhansky on Evolutionary Dynamics: Some Questions about His Russian Background 129
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PART THREE. THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY
- Dobzhansky, Waddington, and Schmalhausen: Embryology and the Modern Synthesis 143
- Theodosius Dobzhansky Remembered: Genetic Coadaptation 155
- Dobzhansky, Artificial Life, and the "Larger Questions" of Evolution 163
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PART FOUR. DOBZHANSKY'S WORLDVIEW
- The Evolutionary Worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky 179
- Dobzhansky and the Biology of Democracy: The Moral and Political Significance of Genetic Variation 195
- Dobzhansky in the "Nature-Nurture" Debate 219
- Dobzhansky and the Problem of Progress 233
- CONTRIBUTORS 247
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- PREFACE vii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
-
INTRODUCTION
- Introduction: Theodosius Dobzhansky in Russia and America 3
- Theodosius Dobzhansky: A Family Story 13
-
PART ONE. RUSSIAN ROOTS
- Dobzhansky and Russian Entomology: The Origin of His Ideas on Species and Speciation 31
- Filipchenko and Dobzhansky: Issues in Evolutionary Genetics in the 1920s 49
- From the Archives: Dobzhansky in Kiev and Leningrad 63
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PART TWO. THE MORGAN LAB
- Theodosius Dobzhansky, the Morgan Lab, and the Breakdown of the Naturalist/Experimentalist Dichotomy, 1927-1947 87
- The Origin of Dobzhansky's Genetics and the Origin of Species 99
- Fly Room West: Dobzhansky, D. pseudoobscura, and Scientific Practice 115
- Dobzhansky on Evolutionary Dynamics: Some Questions about His Russian Background 129
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PART THREE. THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY
- Dobzhansky, Waddington, and Schmalhausen: Embryology and the Modern Synthesis 143
- Theodosius Dobzhansky Remembered: Genetic Coadaptation 155
- Dobzhansky, Artificial Life, and the "Larger Questions" of Evolution 163
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PART FOUR. DOBZHANSKY'S WORLDVIEW
- The Evolutionary Worldview of Theodosius Dobzhansky 179
- Dobzhansky and the Biology of Democracy: The Moral and Political Significance of Genetic Variation 195
- Dobzhansky in the "Nature-Nurture" Debate 219
- Dobzhansky and the Problem of Progress 233
- CONTRIBUTORS 247