It is shown in a literature review, that in the Typostrophic Theory autonomous mechanisms in the organism are considered as the factors which play a decisive role in orienting and controlling the evolutionary process. Selection is a controlling factor of only minor importance. The Synthetic Theory, on the other side, says that phylogenetic changes are not random or controlled by “internal factors” but can always be considered as adaptive remodellings. They are achieved by selection acting on the variation within populations. (...) Ecological, historical and “bautechnische” factors are considered as limiting mechanisms in the evolutionary process. They are discussed in detail in the text. (shrink)

In this study the relationship between functional morpholoy and evolutionary biology is analysed by confronting the main concepts in both disciplines.Rather than only discussing this connection theoretically, the analysis is carried out by introducing important practical and experimental studies, which use aspects from both disciplines. The mentioned investigations are methodologically analysed and the consequences for extensions of the relationship are worked out. It can be shown that both disciplines have a large domain of their own and also share a large (...) common ground. Many disagreements among evolutionary biologists can be reduced to differences in general philosophy (idealism vs. realism), selection of phenomenona (structure vs. function), definition of concepts (natural selection) and the position of the concept theory as an explaining factor (neutralists vs. selectionists, random variation, determinate selection, etc.). (shrink)

Explores the development of the ideas of evolutionary biology, particularly as affected by the increasing understanding of genetics and of the chemical basis of inheritance.

Comprehensive evaluation and study of man's theories and knowledge of genetical characteristics and the evolutionary processes.

It is shown in a literature review, that in the Typostrophic Theory autonomous mechanisms in the organism are considered as the factors which play a decisive role in orienting and controlling the evolutionary process. Selection is a controlling factor of only minor importance. The Synthetic Theory, on the other side, says that phylogenetic changes are not random or controlled by “internal factors” but can always be considered as adaptive remodellings. They are achieved by selection acting on the variation within populations. (...) Ecological, historical and “bautechnische” factors are considered as limiting mechanisms in the evolutionary process. They are discussed in detail in the text.In einer Literaturübersicht wird gezeigt, daß nach der Typostrophentheorie autonome Mechanismen im Organismus die entscheidenden Faktoren sind, die den Ablauf der Evolution steuern und kontrollieren. Die Selektion spielt als lenkender Faktor nur eine untergeordnete Rolle. Nach der Synthetischen Evolutionstheorie dagegen verlaufen die phylogenetischen Veränderungen nicht zufällig oder durch interne Faktoren gelenkt, sondern sind stets adaptive Umkonstruierungen, die durch die Wirkung der Selektion auf die Variation innerhalb von Populationen erreicht werden. Ökologische, historische und bautechnische Faktoren werden als die Evolution limitierende Faktoren im Text näher diskutiert. (shrink)