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[John Grehan]

New open access paper just published:

Mahlfeld & Parenti 2023. Croizat?s form-making, RNA networks, and
biogeography.   History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 45
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Puts to rest the absurd notions sometimes thrown around that
Croizat's perspective on evolution is somehow 'out of date' or incongruous
with 'modern science' (some where even trying that one on back in 1980).

Abstract
Advances in technology have increased our knowledge of the processes that
effect genomic changes and of the roles of RNA networks in
biocommunication, functionality, and evolution of genomes. Natural genetic
engineering and genomic inscription occur at all levels of life: cell
cycles, development, and evolution. This has implications for phylogenetic
studies and for biogeography, particularly given the general acceptance of
using molecular clocks as arbiters between vicariance and dispersal
explanations in biogeography. L?on Croizat?s development of panbiogeography
and his explanation for the distribution patterns of organisms are based on
concepts of dispersal, differential form-making, and ancestor that differ
from concepts of descent used broadly in phylogenetic and biogeographic
studies. Croizat?s differential form-making is consistent with the
extensive roles ascribed to RNAs in development and evolution and recent
discoveries of genome studies. Evolutionary-developmental biology
(evo-devo), including epigenetics, and the role of RNAs should be
incorporated into biogeography.

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