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Should evolutionary theory evolve? (the-scientist.com)
1 point by flipbrad on Jan 13, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


in summary, this is the cover story from the Jan 2010 issue of The Scientist discussing possible amendments (amongst others?) to put into a refresh of the Modern Synthesis that was set out in the 40s - namely: * Evolvability (looking at capacitators/potentiators of evolution), * Facilitated Variation (heritable changes that stem from complex forces and factors during development) and * Multilevel Inheritance (basically epigenetics)




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