Beurton, Peter (Editor)
Falk, Raphael (Editor)
Rheinberger, Hans-Jörg (Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Physical Details: xvi + 384 pp.
Language: English
Description Introduction; Part I. Genes and Traits. Thomas Fogle: The dissolution of protein coding genes in molecular biology; Sara Schwartz: The differential concept of the gene: Past and present; Fred Gifford: Gene concepts and genetic concepts; Part II. Extracting the Units of Heredity. Jean Gayon: From measurement to organization: A philosophical scheme for the history of the concept of heredity; Michael R. Dietrich: From gene to genetic hierarchy: Richard Goldschmidt and the problem of the gene; Frederic L. Holmes: Seymour Benzer and the definition of the gene; Part III. Genetic Programs and Developmental Genes. Evelyn Fox Keller: Decoding the genetic program; Scott F. Gilbert: Genes classical and developmental: The different use of genes in evolutionary synthesis; Michel Morange: The developmental gene concept: History and limits; Part IV. Conceptual Perspectives. Hans-Jörg Rheinberger: Gene concepts: Fragments from the perspective of molecular biology; James R. Griesemer: Reproduction and the reduction of genetics; Peter J. Beurton: A unified view of the gene, or how to overcome reductionism; Raphael Falk, The gene---a concept in tension: A critical overview.
Review Griffiths, Paul E. (2002) Review of "The Concept of the Gene in Development and Evolution". Biology and Philosophy (p. 271).
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