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Inheritance as Evolved and Evolving Physiological Processes
Francesca Merlin1, Livio Riboli-Sasco2,3
1IHPST-Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne & CNRS, 13 rue du Four, 75006, Paris, France. francesca.merlin@univ-paris1.fr.
Acta Biotheoretica
|October 21, 2020
Summary
Biological transmission is viewed through a physiological lens, focusing on diverse mechanisms. This perspective highlights how these evolved processes are crucial for inheritance and evolution across generations.
Area of Science:
- Evolutionary Biology
- Physiology
- Genetics
Background:
- Traditional studies of biological transmission often focus on transmitted factors (genes, etc.).
- A physiological perspective offers a complementary view by examining the mechanisms facilitating transmission.
Purpose of the Study:
- To provide an overview of biological transmission diversity from a physiological standpoint.
- To analyze transmission mechanisms, considering their structural, dynamical, and functional aspects.
- To understand what is transmitted across generations, how, and why.
Main Methods:
- Adopting a physiological perspective to analyze biological transmission.
- Examining transmission mechanisms across organisms' life cycles.
- Integrating structural, dynamical, and functional features of these mechanisms.
Main Results:
- Biological transmission is conceptualized as networks of heterogeneous physiological mechanisms.
- These mechanisms are not limited to direct transmission pathways.
- Transmission mechanisms are identified as key elements in evolutionary processes.
Conclusions:
- Transmission mechanisms are both necessary for and a result of evolution.
- A strategy of endogenization is proposed to view transmission and inheritance as evolved physiological mechanisms.
- This approach emphasizes the dynamic and evolved nature of biological inheritance.
Keywords:
Evolutionary dynamicsExtended inheritanceInheritanceNon-genetic transmissionPhysiological perspectiveStrategy of endogenizationTransmission mechanismsMore Related Videos
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