Article
Genetics, biology and multifactorial diseases.
Acta biotheoretica - 1 Jan 2002
Stewart John
Abstract excerpt
The schematic concept of "levels of causal interaction" is applied to the relation between genetics and biology. The strength of classical formal genetics lies in its power to proceed directly from observations on an external phenotype, to inferences concerning the nature and properties of the fundamental genetic factors. Its weakness comes from the fact that by short-circuiting the causal chain leading from...
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