id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_ocxiikkq2zhjtdfig4a4pa74l4 James Griesemer Development, Culture, and the Units of Inheritance 2000 22 .pdf application/pdf 8244 583 44 Developmental systems theory (DST) expands the unit of replication from genes to Expansion seems required by DST's argument against privileging genes in evolutionary and developmental explanations of organic traits. model of the unit of replication, Griffiths and Gray formulate a developmental systems theory. from genes to developmental systems, its model of replication, and implications for interpreting cultural in relation to biological evolution. friendly to DSP's emphasis on developmental process and variety of resources, but I reject Griffiths and Gray's conclusion that "the developmental systems view makes it impossible to maintain the distinction Deprivileging genetic resources in developmental and evolutionary explanation entails a lack of theoretical distinction between biological and cultural evolution, only insofar as the model Support for DST's argument that whole developmental systems or processes (life cycles) are the units of replication requires a n articulate model ./cache/work_ocxiikkq2zhjtdfig4a4pa74l4.pdf ./txt/work_ocxiikkq2zhjtdfig4a4pa74l4.txt