Search Results - "Journal of the history of biology"

O Organism, Where Art Thou? Old and New Challenges for Organism-Centered Biology by Baedke, Jan

“…This paper addresses theoretical challenges, still relevant today, that arose in the first decades of the twentieth century related to the concept of the…”
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The Bermuda Triangle: The Pragmatics, Policies, and Principles for Data Sharing in the History of the Human Genome Project by Jones, Kathryn Maxson, Ankeny, Rachel A., Cook-Deegan, Robert

“…The Bermuda Principles for DNA sequence data sharing are an enduring legacy of the Human Genome Project (HGP). They were adopted by the HGP at a strategy…”
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s Darwinian Opposition to Eugenics by Stack, David

“…Abstract This article revisits the question of Alfred Russel Wallace’s relationship to eugenics and explores the basis of Wallace’s consistent rejection of…”
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A Biogeographical Debate at the Origins of Limnology in Switzerland and Italy: The Issue over Pelagic Fauna Between Pietro Pavesi and François-Alphonse Forel by Pireddu, Pier Luigi

“…This article explores the early biogeographical debates that shaped the beginning of limnology, focusing on the differences of opinion concerning the origins…”
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Hey Hey We’re the Monkeys! An Essay Review of Gowan Dawson’s Monkey to Man by Priest, Greg

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Recapitulation, Heredity, and Freud’s View of Human Nature by Branding, Jonah

“…There’s something strange about Freud’s Civilization and its Discontents (1930). Biologically, Freud was a Neo-Lamarckian, who believed in both the…”
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“The Logic of Monsters:” Pere Alberch and the Evolutionary Significance of Experimental Teratology by Sánchez Arteaga, Juanma

“…This paper offers an historical introduction to Pere Alberch's evolutionary thought and his contributions to Evo-Devo, based on his unique approach to…”
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How Phenograms and Cladograms Became Molecular Phylogenetic Trees by Kranke, Nina

“…Tree diagrams are the prevailing form of visualization in biological classification and phylogenetics. Already during the time of the so-called Systematist…”
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Hey Hey We’re the Monkeys! An Essay Review of Gowan Dawson’s Monkey to Man: Gowan Dawson, Monkey to Man: The Evolution of the March of Progress Image, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024, ISBN: 9780300270624, 392 pp by Priest, Greg

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The Study of Geographical Distribution in the Analysis of Domestication as an Evolutionary Process: Tensions in Alphonse de Candolle’s Approach by Álvarez-Tostado, Miriam, Bueno-Hernández, Alfredo, Barahona, Ana, Juárez-Barrera, Fabiola

“…Interest in the study of domesticated plants increased near the end of the 18th century, mainly because of their economic potential. In the 19th century, there…”
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“Pray Observe How Time Slips By:” Collaborators, Assistants, and the Background Dynamics in the Publication of Darwin’s Cirripedia Project by Valverde, Bruno Alves, de Campos, Cristina

“…A bstract This study investigates nineteenth century natural history practices through the lens of the Actor-Network Theory, which posits that scientific…”
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The Elementary Organisms by Brücke, Ernst, Liu, Daniel

“…In 1861 the physiologist Ernst Brücke (1819–1892) published “The Elementary Organisms,” calling for a major reform of the definition of the animal cell. An…”
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Samantha Muka, Oceans under Glass: Tank Craft and the Sciences of the Sea, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2023, ISBN 9780226824130, 242 pp by Jiang, Lijing

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Species Choice and Model Use: Reviving Research on Human Development by Hopwood, Nick

“…While model organisms have had many historians, this article places studies of humans, and particularly our development, in the politics of species choice…”
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The Schema and Organization of the Cell: An Introduction to Ernst Brücke’s Die Elementarorganismen (1861) by Liu, Daniel

“…Ernst Brücke’s 1861 essay Die Elementarorganismen has often been cited as a watershed in the history of physiology as well as in the history of cell theory. In…”
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Invasion on So Grand a Scale: Darwin, Lyell, and Invasive Species by Anderson, Eric Burns

“…The importance of naturalization —the establishment of species introduced into foreign places—to the early development of Darwin’s theory of evolution deserves…”
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William Lawrence Tower’s Beetles: Experimental Evolution and the Manipulation of Inheritance by Richards, Eric J.

“…William Lawrence Tower’s work on the evolution of the Colorado Potato Beetle ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata ), documenting the environmental induction of mutation…”
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Discovering DNA Methylation, the History and Future of the Writing on DNA by Tompkins, Joshua D.

“…DNA methylation is a quintessential epigenetic mechanism. Widely considered a stable regulator of gene silencing, it represents a form of “molecular braille,”…”
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Developing Sex: From Recremental Semen to Developmental Endocrinology by Janssen, Diederik F.

“…During the 1890s, animal development became associated with glandular activity, with profound implications for pediatric nosology and treatment. The…”
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“At a Glance:” The Role of Diagrammatic Representations in Eugenics Appropriations of the “Infamous Juke Family” by Ceccon, Andrea

“…The case of the Juke family is one of the most notable episodes of the history of eugenics in the USA. The Jukes were initially brought to the fore in the…”
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