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What is Tinbergen about?

This document outlines the four areas of biology according to Tinbergen and Mayr: ontogeny, phylogeny, adaptation, and mechanism. It describes how these four areas address two different types of questions (developmental/historical vs single form) and two different objects of explanation (evolutionary vs proximate). Ontogeny and phylogeny address developmental questions, looking at sequences of change. Adaptation and mechanism address single forms, explaining current structures and functions.

Author

Timothy Cheung

Language

EN