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The case of the gene
Author(s) -
Perbal Laurence
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201540179
Subject(s) - eugenics , bioethics , modernity , civilization , period (music) , human science , ideology , sociology , enlightenment , prejudice (legal term) , social science , environmental ethics , law , political science , philosophy , politics , aesthetics , epistemology
Molecular biology has made huge advances in understanding how life works. Central to this endeavour has been the concept of the gene, which has undergone multiple revisions from an all‐powerful, phenotype‐defining entity to a much more complex and fluid player in the program of life.