The ontogeny of information : developmental systems and evolution - Oyama, Susan ([Durham, N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2000)
Foreword / Richard Lewontin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Origin and Transmission of Form: The Gene as the Vehicle of Constancy -- 3. The Problem of Change -- 4. Variability and Ontogenetic Differentiation -- 5. Variations on a Theme: Cognitive Metaphors and the Homunculoid Gene -- 6. The Ghosts in the Ghost-in-the-Machine Machine -- 7. The Ontogeny of Information -- 8. Reprise -- 9. Prospects.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also issued online.
Keywords: Information theory in biology; Evolution (Biology); Biology; Information Theory