Developmental Systems Theory: A Way to Solve the Tension Between “Internalist” and “Externalist” Perspectives in Evolutionary Biology
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https://doi.org/10.48160/18532330me8.169Keywords:
self-organization, natural selection, developmental systems theory, externalism, structural constraints, internal selection, organic selectionAbstract
Developmental systems theory (DST) defines a way to solve the “externalism/internalism” debate in evolutionary theories, paving the path towards an expanded synthesis.In order to justify that epigenesis and self-organization (SO) are prior conditions for natural selection (NS),I will make use of the idea of species as individuals for it allows to equate the speciation stages described by Flegr with Salthe’s periods that characterize every developmental system: i) young–plastic, unconstrained–, ii) mature–positively constrained–and iii) senescence–negatively constrained. I will argue that while SO promotes the emergence of novelties that are submitted to NS scrutiny, NS retains plastic forms capable to explore new configurations by SO. Statement that accords with DST, for it accounts for evolution by means of structural adjustments at multiple levels during development, a not by random genetic variations, favoring an approchement between Neo-Darwinian and Epigenetic views.
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