Relations among fields: Mendelian, cytological and molecular mechanisms

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 349-371

  Darden, Lindley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Discovery; Interfield relations; Mechanisms; Mendelian genetics; Molecular biology; Theory reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 19944400490     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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