El problema de la función en evo-devo
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24310/Contrastescontrastes.v0i0.1167Abstract
RESUMEN
Si bien el problema de la forma ha sido el explanandum clásico de la evo-devo, frente al énfasis neodarwinista en la adaptación, en los últimos años un número creciente de autores ha reivindicado la incorporación del problema de la función en la perspectiva ontogenética de la evolución. Tras abordar los distintos modos en los que la evo-devo actual investiga la dimensión funcional de la evolución, defendemos que la distancia teórica entre la Síntesis Moderna y la ‘Síntesis Extendida’ no puede interpretarse en términos de la dialéctica Forma/Función. Al contrario: la ‘evo-devo funcional’ implica una radical reconceptuación de las funciones y plantea formas de síntesis alternativas con la teoría sintética.
PALABRAS CLAVE
EVO-DEVO, SÍNTESIS MODERNA, FORMA ORGÁNICA, FUNCIÓN BIOLÓGICA
ABSTRACT
Although the problem of form has been the classical explanandum of evo-devo vs. the Darwinist emphasis on adaptation, in the last years the problem of function has joined evo-devo’s agenda. After examining the various ways in which contemporary evo-devo deals with the functional dimension of evolution, I will argue that the theoretical distance between the Modern Synthesis and evo-devo cannot be interpreted as a dialectics between Form and Function. On the contrary: the new ‘functional evo-devo’ implies a radical reconceptualisation of the concept of function and opens new ways of synthesis with the Modern Synthesis.
KEYWORDS
EVO-DEVO, MODERN SYNTHESIS, ORGANISMAL FORM, BIOLOGICAL FUNCTION
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