The Unwhole Organism

The Whole Organism, and nothing but the Organism

Both books draw wonderfully from all levels of evolu-traced to changes in a relatively small number of genes. tion—from considering the developmental differences While all these other considerations are valid, they do between closely related species to macroevolutionary not detract from the clear elegance of the arguments. questions of the origins of phyla. It is in the " deep time " These book...

The mature organism model

Embryology: Constructing the Organism

Embryology texts are most frequently organized in one of two ways depending on their intended purpose. Undergraduate texts are usually structured such that their sequence mimics the stages of embryolog-ical development. This, of course, makes sense, as it follows the method used by most instructors and allows one to rapidly locate information about a specific event of development. Unless, that ...

Dictyostelium: The Mathematician’s Organism

This article was to have been written by Kees Weijer, an outstanding pioneer in Dictyostelium research. It was (and is) to celebrate J.T. Bonner's and Weijer's contributions to the field and those of the other great pioneers. Unfortunately, Weijer was unable to write his article, due to ill health and since I have some knowledge of this field, I took it over. The article summarises some main re...

The Organism and the Environment