Homeostasis as the Mechanism of Evolution

Homeostasis as the Mechanism of Evolution

Homeostasis is conventionally thought of merely as a synchronic (same time) servo-mechanism that maintains the status quo for organismal physiology. However, when seen from the perspective of developmental physiology, homeostasis is a robust, dynamic, intergenerational, diachronic (across-time) mech...

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Main Author: John S. Torday
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:Biology
Subjects:
evolution
homeostasis
development
phylogeny
epigenetics
diachronic
cell-cell signaling
embryogenesis
scale-free
teleology
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/4/3/573

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