1st Edition
Beyond Lamarckism Plasticity in Darwinian Evolution, 1890-1970
Introduction.
Part I. The rise of organic selection: thinking plasticity ecologically
1. Framing the issue from the viewpoint of natural selection: The confusing birth of organic selection in the pre-Mendelian era
2. The eclipse of organic selection: The case study of French-speaking post-Lamarckian biology
3. The experimental turn, from plastic change to speciation
Conclusion of Part I
Part II. Waddington and Schmalhausen: thinking plasticity developmentally
Introduction of Part II
4. "Autonomization", "canalization", and "genetic assimilation": toward a developmental perspective on the relationship between adaptability and adaptation
5. A problematic issue: the creativity of the developmental process
6. An overlooked revolution? Creativity in the evolutionary building of a new reaction norm
Conclusion of Part II
Part III. (Dis?)Integration into the Modern Synthesis: thinking plasticiy genetically
Introduction of Part III
7. The Baldwin effect: “De-ecologizing” organic selection
8. Re-working Waddingtonian concepts within quantitative genetics
9. The complex fate of Waddingtonian concepts in the subsequent history of the Modern Synthesis
Conclusion of Part III
General Conclusion
Biography
Laurent Loison is a CNRS researcher in history and philosophy of biology (Paris, France). A major part of his work focuses on the history of the various forms of Lamarckism in biology over the past two centuries.
