I take up a more epigenetic position, and years ago I attacked evolutionary doctrines in many of their modifications.
Now he explains candidly that he has been driven to the view that epigenetic development does not exist.
In my theory two assumptions of totally contrasting nature are made: I assume a germplasm of high and specific organisation, and I assume that this is transformed into the adult product by epigenetic agencies.
The labours of Roux, as well as the valuable researches of Driesch, induced me to carry out a series of experiments with the object of getting a surer basis for my epigenetic conception of development.
His description of chick development is of epigenetic bent: .
His statement of epigenetic development is clear: In the egg .
Whatever one's judgment may be in particular cases, there can be no reason for disputing that in epigenetic or creative evolution there is, in a sense, loss as well as gain.
It is quite impossible to succeed with epigenetic speculations on a material basis (cf.
Every phenomenon in development that is proved the direct result of epigenetic factors can be discounted from the complexity of the germinal mass.
A theory of preformation alone affords the possibility of an explanation: an epigenetic theory is utterly unable to render any assistance in reaching an interpretation.
This is obviously impossible under the epigenetic theory of development described above.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "epigenetic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: generative; genetic; genial; genital
