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  1. Butterflies and plants : a study in coevolution.P. R. Ehrlich & P. H. Raven - 2014 - In Francisco José Ayala & John C. Avise (eds.), Essential readings in evolutionary biology. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
     
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    Der Potenzbegriff in der Entwicklungsmechanik.P. Raven - 1938 - Acta Biotheoretica 4 (1):51-64.
    The conception of “prospective potency” was defined by its author H.Driesch as “the sum of the possible modes of development of a given part of the embryo”. However, in the language of science the word “potency” usually means “power”, not “possibility”. Therefore this conception from the beginning possessed a certain ambiguity, that it retained up to the present. The distinction of “active” and “passive” potency, introduced by Roux, has found no general acceptance. It appeared necessary to submit the conception of (...)
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    Irrational elements in some theories of life.P. Raven - 1956 - Synthese 10 (1):359 - 363.
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    Sur les notions de „gradient” et „champ” dans l'embryologie causale.P. Raven - 1943 - Acta Biotheoretica 7 (3-4):135-146.
    In biology, the “field” concept is used in different ways. Therefore, its meaning in biology as compared to that in physics, and the relation between the conceptions of “gradient” and “field” are studied.In physics, scalar fields, vector fields and tensor fields are distinguished. In a scalar field, the variation of the scalar in space is expressed in form of a gradient. For the whole of a scalar field with its derived gradients the term “gradient-field” may be used.In biology, especially in (...)
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