Studying populations without molecular biology: Aster models and a new argument against reductionism

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

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-251

  Grosholz, Emily ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Evolutionary genetics; Molecular biology; Reductionism; Statistical models

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PLANT; POPULATION GENETICS; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; GENETIC FITNESS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; PLANTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79953897745     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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