The Triple Helix and The Beak of the Finch

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how richard lewontin and jonathan weiner's the triple helix and the beak of the finch transport the reader to the world of evolutionary theories.
• Analyzes how lewontin acknowledges that the triple helix has a "distinctly negative flavor" to explain how reductionist approach may lead us to formulating an incomplete picture of biological processes of living organisms.
• Analyzes how lewontin's argument, "gene and organism", focuses on the problem of relying on genetics for all the answers to organism development.

• Analyzes how richard lewontin and jonathan weiner's the triple helix and the beak of the finch transport the reader to the world of evolutionary theories.
• Analyzes how lewontin acknowledges that the triple helix has a "distinctly negative flavor" to explain how reductionist approach may lead us to formulating an incomplete picture of biological processes of living organisms.
• Analyzes how lewontin's argument, "gene and organism", focuses on the problem of relying on genetics for all the answers to organism development.
• Analyzes how lewontin uses an "empty bucket" analogy to explain an organism's capacity and how it might or might not be reached depending on its environment.
• Explains that lewontin's idea of an organism and the environment comes from ideas of the central relationship of these two factors.
• Explains that the triple helix envisions evolution as an interlocking system of genetics, organism, and the environment. genetic determinism is not the key to understanding evolution of living organisms.
• Compares jonathan weiner's beak of the finch with lewontin, who focuses on the galápagos research of peter and rosemary grant on daphne major and darwin’s finches.
• Analyzes how the beak of the finch is a complete 180 in terms of attitude of biologists and evolutionary theory.
• Explains that darwin's finches needed to be isolated to fully explain the changes and variations within each finch. daphne major was the ideal area for any researcher to detect natural selection working in all of its glory.
• Explains that darwin wrote that even the slightest variations are the foundation of natural selection and the important beginning stage of evolution. the grants studied the beaks of the thirteen species of finches on the island.
• Explains how peter and rosemary grant found that the variability of the finches helped or hindered their ability to survival.
• Argues that lewontin's the triple helix elucidates that the environment plays a tremendous role in organism development. the differences of organisms and their ability to reconstruct their environment, must be incorporated into weiner’s writings.
• Explains that dna is becoming the answer for evolutionists and learning about the "history of life." the mutations in darwin's finches increased the variation in their genes and increased their evolution.
• Analyzes how lewontin disagrees with weiner's idea that dna is the fundamental force in the variability of the finches at daphne major.
• Analyzes how the use of darwin's model in the origin of species impacted the grants' conclusions about the finches because it relied heavily on the theory of natural selection.
• Analyzes how lewontin describes how the grants skimmed over the possibility that organisms reconstruct their environment and can pick certain parts of the environment to use in survival.
• Opines that lewontin's criticism of the finches would not be justified, since they have been isolated on daphne major for a tremendous amount of time, and their characteristics do not fit the mold of normal organisms.
• Concludes richard lewontin's the triple helix and the beak of the finch written by jonathan weiner engage the reader to view evolutionary theory in juxtaposed lenses.