Decisions, Decisions: Why Thomas Hunt Morgan Was Not the "Father" of Evo-Devo.

Although the construction of neo-Darwinism grew out of Thomas Hunt Morgan's melding of Darwinism and Mendelism, his evidence did not soley support a model of gradual change. To the contrary, he was confronted with observations that could have led him to a more "evo-devo" understanding of the emergen...

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Published in:	Philosophy of Science Vol. 73; no. 5; pp. 918 - 930
Main Author:	Schwartz, Jeffrey H.
Format:	Article
Published:	Cambridge University Press Dec2006
Subjects:	Morgan, Thomas Hunt, 1866-1945 Biological evolution Genetic mutation Morphology Embryology Developmental biology
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