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Normal development and experimental embryology: Edmund Beecher Wilson and Amphioxus
1Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, and Egenis, The Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, University of Exeter, UK.
Summary
This study examines how "normal development" is defined and used in experimental biology. It introduces a new perspective of normal development as a methodological norm essential for experimental systems.
Area of Science:
- Developmental biology
- History and philosophy of science
Background:
- The concept of "normal development" is central to experimental biology but its practical application is complex.
- Existing frameworks categorize the production, use, and interpretation of normal development in three ways, each involving distinct abstraction processes.