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2017-09-01

La ontogenia y la evolución desde la perspectiva de la teoría de los sistemas de desarrollo (TSD)

Ontogeny and Evolution Through the Lens of the Developmental Systems Theory (DST)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v22n3.63405

Palabras clave:

crecimiento, epigenética, evolución, genética, naturaleza/cultura. (es)
evolution, growth, genetic, epigenetic, nature/nurture. (en)

Autores/as

  • Vicente Dressino Universidad Nacional de La Plata

La teoría de los sistemas de desarrollo (TSD) pretende realizar una síntesis conceptual que vincule el desarrollo ontogenético con la evolución. Sus antecedentes pueden ser encontrados básicamente en los trabajos de Waddington y de Bertalanffy quienes aportaron las bases de la canalización del desarrollo y la teoría de sistemas biológicos, respectivamente. El objetivo de este artículo es realizar un análisis conceptual preliminar de la TSD y reflexionar acerca de los aportes potenciales de la TSD como marco teórico para la biología del desarrollo en particular y la biología evolutiva en general. Para ello, se tendrán en cuenta algunos de los conceptos y propuestas que componen este marco y se trabajará sobre datos secundarios obtenidos de la bibliografía. Se concluye que la TSD: 1-logra argumentar en contra de la visión gen-centrista respecto de las explicaciones que pretenden justificar el desarrollo biológico y evolutivo; 2- argumenta de manera coherente a favor del rol de la epigenética en la ontogenia y la evolución; 3- en relación con lo anterior el rol de la selección natural se restringe a un segundo plano; 4- propone que la dicotomía naturaleza/cultura debe ser superada; y 5- constituye un posible programa de investigación metodológico compuesto de una diversidad de hipótesis y teorías no necesariamente relacionadas que pueden ser corroboradas de manera relativamente independientes del resto de la red teórica.   

The Developmental Systems Theory (DST) intends to make a conceptual summary that links ontogenic development to evolution. This theory’s background may be found in the works of Waddington and Bertalanffy, who provided the foundations for the canalization of development and the biological systems theory, respectively. The aim of this work is to make a preliminary conceptual analysis of DST as a theoretical framework for developmental biology in particular and for evolutionary biology in general. For that purpose, we will take into account some of the concepts and proposals that constitute this framework, and we will work with secondary data obtained from the bibliography. We conclude that: 1. DST is able to argue against the gene centrist vision about the explanations that try to justify biological and evolutionary development; 2. DST argues coherently in favor of the role of Epigenetics in ontogeny and evolution; 3. In connection to that, the role of natural selection is restricted to a secondary plane; 4. DST proposes that the nature/nurture dichotomy must be overcome; and 5. DST constitutes a possible methodological research program composed of a series of not necessarily related hypothesis, theories, and methods that may be confirmed in a relatively independent manner from the rest of the theoretical network.

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Dressino, V. (2017). La ontogenia y la evolución desde la perspectiva de la teoría de los sistemas de desarrollo (TSD). Acta Biológica Colombiana, 22(3), 265-273. https://doi.org/10.15446/abc.v22n3.63405