Baetu, Tudor (2010) A defense of syntax-based gene concepts in postgenomics: ‘Genes as modular subroutines in the master genomic program’. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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The purpose of this article is to update and defend syntax-based (conserved DNA-sequence motifs) gene concepts. I show how syntax-based concepts can and have been extended to accommodate complex cases of processing and gene expression regulation. In response to difficult cases and causal parity objections, I argue that a syntax-based approach fleshes out a deflationary concept defining genes as genomic sequences and organizational features of the genome contributing to a phenotype. These organizational features are an important part of accepted molecular explanations, provide the theoretical basis for a large number of experimental techniques and practical applications, and play a crucial role in in annotating the genome, deriving predictions and constructing bioinformatics models.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Baetu, Tudor tbaetu@hotmail.com
Keywords:	Philosophy of biology, concepts of the gene, bioinformatics
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics
Depositing User:	Tudor Baetu
Date Deposited:	04 Nov 2010 16:41
Last Modified:	04 Nov 2010 16:41
Item ID:	8373
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Molecular Biology/Genetics
Date:	28 September 2010
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/8373

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