The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
The Role of Information in Evolutionary Biology
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 15;71(3):17. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09468-4.ABSTRACTThe Modern Synthesis has received criticism for its purported gene-centrism. That criticism relies on a concept of the gene as a unit of instructional information. In this paper I discuss information concepts and endorse one, developed from Floridi, that sees information as a functional relationship between data and context. I use this concept to inspect developmental criticisms of the Modern Synthesis and argue that the instructional gene arose as an idealization practice when evolutionary biologists made comment on development. However, a closer...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 15, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Thomas E Dickins Source Type: research
Mathematical Model of Synaptic Long-Term Potentiation as a Bistability in a Chain of Biochemical Reactions with a Positive Feedback
Acta Biotheor. 2023 May 6;71(3):16. doi: 10.1007/s10441-023-09466-6.ABSTRACTNitric oxide (NO) is involved in synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) by multiple signaling pathways. Here, we show that LTP of synaptic transmission can be explained as a feature of signal transduction-bistable behavior in a chain of biochemical reactions with positive feedback, formed by diffusion of NO to the presynaptic site and facilitating the release of glutamate (Glu). The dynamics of Glu, calcium (Ca2+) and NO is described by a system of nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations with modified Michaelis-Menten (MM) kinetics. Numerical investi...
Source: Acta Biotheoretica - May 6, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Pranas Katauskis Feliksas Ivanauskas Aidas Alaburda Source Type: research
