From Epigenesis to Epigenetics: The Genome in Context

by Linda van Speybroeck (Editor), Gertrudis Van de Vijver (Editor)

Developmental biologist and evolutionist Conrad H. Waddington (1905-75) coined the term epigenetics in the 1940s to refer to the dynamic actions that link genes with their expression in developmental pathways. Here biologists and philosophers explore the concept in light of recent research into the

237 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Manuel Alfonseca · Rating 4 out of 5]

ENGLISH: Excellent Proceedings of an International Congress on Epigenetics and the history and philosophy of the Biology of Development organized under the Aegis of the New York Academy of Sciences. This book helped me to write four posts in my blog on popular science:
Preformation and epigenesis
Epigenesis and epigenetics
The end of the selfish gene
Evolution in the twenti-first century

ESPAÑOL: Excelentes actas de un congreso internacional sobre Epigenética y la historia y filosofía de la Biología del Desarrollo, organizado bajo la égida de la Academia de Ciencias de Nueva York. Este libro me ayudó a escribir cuatro artículos en mi blog de divulgación científica:
Preformación y epigénesis
Epigénesis y epigenética
El fin del gen egoísta
La evolución en siglo XXI