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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science
This article offers a characterization of what I call multiple-models juxtaposition (MMJ), a stra... more This article offers a characterization of what I call multiple-models juxtaposition (MMJ), a strategy for managing trade-offs among modeling desiderata. MMJ displays models of distinct phenomena together and fulfills different desiderata both in the individual models and by a comparison of those models. I discuss a concrete case from developmental biology, where MMJ coordinates generality and detail. I also clarify the distinction between MMJ and multiple-models idealization (MMI), which also uses multiple models to manage trade-offs among desiderata. MMJ and MMI differ in several points, such as the ways they manage trade-offs and the purposes of using multiple models.
CAPE Studies in Applied Philosophy and Ethics Series
Overlooked elements in the history of evo-devo 40 2003; Carroll 2005) and comparative studies (Lo... more Overlooked elements in the history of evo-devo 40 2003; Carroll 2005) and comparative studies (Love and Raff 2003). For instance, Love and Raff (2003) argue that we should look not only at developmental genetics but also at comparative embryology, morphology and paleontology because the techniques and tools used in evo-devo today had been created in the tradition of developmental genetics, and the research problem including the relationship between evolution and development in evo-devo had long been studied in the latter disciplines. The second trend is the consideration of individual contributions by pioneers of evo-devo such as Haeckel, Goldschmidt, Waddington and so on (e.g., Laubichler and Maienschein 2007). Although the previous historical studies have focused on a long-term history from 1880s to 1990s or some pioneers' works, they have not paid much attention to the 80s. Some researches mention the challenges to the modern synthesis offered by diverse disciplines (e.g., paleontology, morphology, comparative embryology, and developmental biology) around the 80s and emphasize the importance of developmental genetics, which is said to have brought together the diverse movements and laid the foundation for evo-devo (Love and Raff 2003; Laubichler 2009, 2010). However, more detailed analyses of the 80s are needed because it was the era just prior to the birth of evo-devo 1 and therefore it is important in the prehistory of evo-devo. Thus by focusing on the 80s, the present study intends to make up the lack of the previous studies. Empirical studies on epigenetics: Methodological integration and non-gene-centered framework This section summarizes some empirical works of the anti-gene-centrism such as researches by Alberch, Hall, and Müller, emphasizing the role of non-genetic developmental processes and integrating the methodology of experimental embryology and comparative studies. Before examining them, however, we clarify the word "antigene-centrism" and the concept "epigenetics," which was emphasized by the anti-genecentrists. What are epigenetics and the anti-gene-centrism? The concept of "epigenetics" was coined by Waddington (1942) and it originally The inference from developmental mechanisms to evolutionary processes. American Zoology 40: 819-831.
Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
This chapter reflects on and makes explicit the distinctiveness of reasoning practices associated... more This chapter reflects on and makes explicit the distinctiveness of reasoning practices associated with model organisms in the context of evolutionary developmental research. Model organisms in evo-devo instantiate a unique synthesis of model systems strategies from developmental biology and comparative strategies from evolutionary biology that negotiate a tension between developmental conservation and evolutionary change to address scientific questions about the evolution of development and the developmental basis of evolutionary change. We review different categories of model systems that have been advanced to understand practices found in the life sciences in order to comprehend how evo-devo model organisms instantiate this synthesis in the context of three examples: the starlet sea anemone and the evolution of bilateral symmetry, leeches and the origins of segmentation in bilaterians, and the corn snake to understand major evolutionary change in axial and appendicular morphology.
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Philosophy of Science
This article offers a characterization of what I call multiple-models juxtaposition (MMJ), a stra... more This article offers a characterization of what I call multiple-models juxtaposition (MMJ), a strategy for managing trade-offs among modeling desiderata. MMJ displays models of distinct phenomena together and fulfills different desiderata both in the individual models and by a comparison of those models. I discuss a concrete case from developmental biology, where MMJ coordinates generality and detail. I also clarify the distinction between MMJ and multiple-models idealization (MMI), which also uses multiple models to manage trade-offs among desiderata. MMJ and MMI differ in several points, such as the ways they manage trade-offs and the purposes of using multiple models.
CAPE Studies in Applied Philosophy and Ethics Series
Overlooked elements in the history of evo-devo 40 2003; Carroll 2005) and comparative studies (Lo... more Overlooked elements in the history of evo-devo 40 2003; Carroll 2005) and comparative studies (Love and Raff 2003). For instance, Love and Raff (2003) argue that we should look not only at developmental genetics but also at comparative embryology, morphology and paleontology because the techniques and tools used in evo-devo today had been created in the tradition of developmental genetics, and the research problem including the relationship between evolution and development in evo-devo had long been studied in the latter disciplines. The second trend is the consideration of individual contributions by pioneers of evo-devo such as Haeckel, Goldschmidt, Waddington and so on (e.g., Laubichler and Maienschein 2007). Although the previous historical studies have focused on a long-term history from 1880s to 1990s or some pioneers' works, they have not paid much attention to the 80s. Some researches mention the challenges to the modern synthesis offered by diverse disciplines (e.g., paleontology, morphology, comparative embryology, and developmental biology) around the 80s and emphasize the importance of developmental genetics, which is said to have brought together the diverse movements and laid the foundation for evo-devo (Love and Raff 2003; Laubichler 2009, 2010). However, more detailed analyses of the 80s are needed because it was the era just prior to the birth of evo-devo 1 and therefore it is important in the prehistory of evo-devo. Thus by focusing on the 80s, the present study intends to make up the lack of the previous studies. Empirical studies on epigenetics: Methodological integration and non-gene-centered framework This section summarizes some empirical works of the anti-gene-centrism such as researches by Alberch, Hall, and Müller, emphasizing the role of non-genetic developmental processes and integrating the methodology of experimental embryology and comparative studies. Before examining them, however, we clarify the word "antigene-centrism" and the concept "epigenetics," which was emphasized by the anti-genecentrists. What are epigenetics and the anti-gene-centrism? The concept of "epigenetics" was coined by Waddington (1942) and it originally The inference from developmental mechanisms to evolutionary processes. American Zoology 40: 819-831.
Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
This chapter reflects on and makes explicit the distinctiveness of reasoning practices associated... more This chapter reflects on and makes explicit the distinctiveness of reasoning practices associated with model organisms in the context of evolutionary developmental research. Model organisms in evo-devo instantiate a unique synthesis of model systems strategies from developmental biology and comparative strategies from evolutionary biology that negotiate a tension between developmental conservation and evolutionary change to address scientific questions about the evolution of development and the developmental basis of evolutionary change. We review different categories of model systems that have been advanced to understand practices found in the life sciences in order to comprehend how evo-devo model organisms instantiate this synthesis in the context of three examples: the starlet sea anemone and the evolution of bilateral symmetry, leeches and the origins of segmentation in bilaterians, and the corn snake to understand major evolutionary change in axial and appendicular morphology.