id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_rfew4cfyljeujarbqi3gy3bkqy Massimo Pigliucci What, if Anything, Is an Evolutionary Novelty? 2008 12 .pdf application/pdf 5111 329 53 The idea of phenotypic novelty appears throughout the evolutionary literature. of the available definitions of phenotypic novelty and argue that the modern synthesis among biologists whenever evolutionary novelties are considered for discussion, with a common fear that the concept will be used as a wedge to 2. Evolutionary Novelties: Examples versus Concepts. evolutionary novelties are a necessarily fuzzy concept, like that of biological species (Pigliucci 2003). Well, then, are there any additional (not "alternative") explanatory principles the use of which biologists may profitably explore to extend the modern synthesis and account for evolutionary novelties? expand the synthesis: complexity theory, phenotypic/genetic accommodation, and epigenetic inheritance systems. specific question of evolutionary novelties (Toquenaga and Wade 1996). of innovation that underlies the evolution of phenotypic novelties. the origin and evolution of phenotypic novelties and organismal body E. Rosen (1987), "Popper and Evolutionary Novelties", History and and Maintenance of Evolutionary Novelty", Trends in Ecology and Evolution 11: 478– ./cache/work_rfew4cfyljeujarbqi3gy3bkqy.pdf ./txt/work_rfew4cfyljeujarbqi3gy3bkqy.txt