What is "homology thinking" and what is it for?

摘要: In this paper I examine the thesis by Marc Ereshefsky that, in evolutionary biology, there is a third style of thinking, besides well-known "population thinking" and "tree thinking." proposes "homology as approach, focused on transformation organismal phenotypes. short commentary, aim at identifying underlying biological assumptions for homology thinking how they can be put to work research program within biology. propose that based three insights: 1) multicellular organisms consist developmentally individualized parts (sub-systems); 2) developmental individuation entails individuation, is, variational quasi-independence; 3) these individuated body are inherited, though indirectly, form lineages recognized homologies. These facts support modification origination supplements puts into perspective population genetic phylogenetic approaches study evolution.