Book Sectionhttps://doi.org/10.37050/ci-11_08
Robert Meunier
Valentine Reynaud
Valentine Reynaud
The Innate Plasticity of Bodies and Minds
Integrating Models of Genetic Determination and Environmental Formation
In recent years, concepts of plasticity and epigenetics have gained currency in different areas of the life sciences. In this article, we wish to ask primarily how plasticity and epigenetics relate to some notions in biology that they are often taken to oppose, such as genetic determination, genetic programme, and innateness.
Keywords: Organisms; Environmental influence; Developmental biology; Phenotypic plasticity; Wholeness; Epigenetics; Evolutionary biology; Innateness (Philosophy)
Rights: © by the author(s). This version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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The Innate Plasticity of Bodies and Minds
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Integrating Models of Genetic Determination and Environmental Formation
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Robert Meunier
Valentine Reynaud
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In recent years, concepts of plasticity and epigenetics have gained currency in different areas of the life sciences. In this article, we wish to ask primarily how plasticity and epigenetics relate to some notions in biology that they are often taken to oppose, such as genetic determination, genetic programme, and innateness.
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Vienna
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Turia + Kant
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2017
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Organisms
Environmental influence
Developmental biology
Phenotypic plasticity
Wholeness
Epigenetics
Evolutionary biology
Innateness (Philosophy)
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© by the author(s)
This version is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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Robert Meunier and Valentine Reynaud, ‘The Innate Plasticity of Bodies and Minds: Integrating Models of Genetic Determination and Environmental Formation’, in De/Constituting Wholes: Towards Partiality Without Parts, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Manuele Gragnolati, Cultural Inquiry, 11 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2017), pp. 151–76 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-11_08>
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en-GB
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151
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176
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De/Constituting Wholes: Towards Partiality Without Parts, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Manuele Gragnolati, Cultural Inquiry, 11 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2017), pp. 151–76
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Cite as:
Robert Meunier and Valentine Reynaud, ‘The Innate Plasticity of Bodies and Minds: Integrating Models of Genetic Determination and Environmental Formation’, in De/Constituting Wholes: Towards Partiality Without Parts, ed. by Christoph F. E. Holzhey and Manuele Gragnolati, Cultural Inquiry, 11 (Vienna: Turia + Kant, 2017), pp. 151–76 <https://doi.org/10.37050/ci-11_08>