scholarly journals A comparative biology approach to DNN modeling of vision: A focus on differences, not similarities

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (10) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Ben Lonnqvist ◽  
Alban Bornet ◽  
Adrien Doerig ◽  
Michael H. Herzog
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Author(s):  
Denis M. Walsh ◽  
Philippe Huneman

The modern evolutionary synthesis arose out of the conjunction of the Mendelian theory of inheritance and the neo-Darwinian theory of population change early in the 20th century.1 In the nearly 100 years since its inception, the modern evolutionary synthesis has grown to encompass practically all fields of comparative biology—ecology, ethology, paleontology, systematics, cell biology, physiology, genetics, development. Theodosius Dobzhansky’s dictum—“nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution” (...


2021 ◽  
Vol 253 ◽  
pp. 108977
Author(s):  
Xi Chen ◽  
Siqi Chen ◽  
Haotian Chen ◽  
Jianxia Tian ◽  
Xueliang Zhao ◽  
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1978 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Cracraft ◽  
R. B. Masterton ◽  
M. E. Bitterman ◽  
C. B. G. Campbell ◽  
N. Hotton ◽  
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Janus Head ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 254-270
Author(s):  
Malte C. Ebach ◽  

Comparative biology is afield that deals with morphology. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe recognised comparative biology, not as a passive science obsessed with counting similarities as it is today, but as an active field wherein he sought to perceive the inter-relationships of individual organisms to the organic whole, which he termed the archetype. I submit that Goethe's archetype and his application of a technique termed the Anschauung are rigorous and significant ways to conduct delicate empiricism in comparative biology. The future of comparative biology lies in the use of the Anschauung to communicate the archetype as a set of inter-relationships of homologues that we perceive intuitively. In this essay I present how the extension of our own intuitive perception forms the foundations of a method for seeing and discovering the archetype in comparative biology.


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