How Biologists Conceptualize Genes: An empirical study

Stotz, Karola and Griffiths, Paul E. and Knight, Rob (2004) How Biologists Conceptualize Genes: An empirical study.

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Abstract

Philosophers and historians of biology have argued that genes are conceptualized
differently in different fields of biology and that these differences influence both the
conduct of research and the interpretation of research by audiences outside the field in
which the research was conducted. In this paper we report the results of a questionnaire
study of how genes are conceptualized by biological scientists at the University of
Sydney, Australia. The results provide tentative support for some hypotheses about
conceptual differences between different fields of biological research.

Keywords:	gene conceptual change molecular biology Gene-D Gene-P
Subjects:	Specific Sciences: Biology: Molecular Biology/Genetics General Issues: Theory Change
ID Code:	2127
Deposited By:	Griffiths, Paul Edmund
Deposited On:	22 December 2004
Additional Information:	The raw data for this study will appear on this site as soon as the authors have negotiated with the site administrators about placing files with .sav extensions on the site. In the meantime, the data can be accessed at http://www.uq.edu.au/biohumanities/