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    A developmental systems approach to genetic determinism

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    2002-12
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    Sawyer, Toby F
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    This paper evaluates developmental systems theory for its ability to combat genetic determinism. I describe the major tenets of a developmental systems approach. I argue that three factors contribute to genetic determinism (i) an intentional view of genetic information, (ii) a historically contingent and a DNA-centric gene concept, (iii) a tendency to assign single causes and centralized control to complex events. In contrast, a developmental systems approach provides causal views of information, a more holistic gene concept and a dynamic explanation of complex systems.
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    http://purl.galileo.usg.edu/uga_etd/sawyer_toby_f_200212_ma
    http://hdl.handle.net/10724/20659
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